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This paper presents the results of the analysis of organic chemicals in different urban dusts. The aim of the research is preliminary evaluation of the presence of organic contaminants in household dust, attic dust and street sediment. Celje area has been chosen as a pilot study site due to availability of sampling materials from previous sampling campaigns. Samples have been tested to the presence of 120 organic compounds. Attic dust contains 98 different organic compounds or 82 % of all measured. Terpenoids, alkylbenzenes and different Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH's), as well as plasticizers, halogenated compounds (among them also PCB's) and pesticides (DDT and degradation products) can be found there. It also contains all of the in this study analysed US-EPA priority pollutants. Street dust contained 70 different organic chemicals (58 %), among them 14 priority pollutants. Traces of aliphatic organic compounds, PAH's, aldehydes and ketones, esters, and plasticizers are found there. House dust contains lowest number of organic compounds. Among 45 detected (38 % of total measured), 8 are priority pollutants. Aliphatic compounds, alkylbenzenes, aldehides, ketones, acids and PAH's can be found there. Current number of analysed samples, as well as only qualitative evaluations were made does not allow making any solid interpretation of obtained results in regarding to the potential sources of chemicals or potential environmental hazards. This study can thus be used only as a guideline for future studies of organic chemicals in urban dusts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The book contains a transcript of the Chronicles of the Missionary House at St. Joseph's above Celje where a St. Vincent de Paul missionary community settled in 1852. It examines the period until 1925. The publication is accompanied by a paper on the place of the Congregation of the Mission in the Church in Slovenia, its origins and the first members, as well as the most important forms of pastoral work which they accepted in answer to the needs of the Christian community in Slovenia. The introduction presents the history of Celje and the surrounding areas, especially the history of the church of St. Joseph built by the people of Celje in the 17th century and the position of the priest established to maintain the church. Outlined are the initial difficulties of the community which introduced to the diocese led by Bishop A. M. Slomšek new forms of pastoral work and yet still had to earn its place in the town of Celje. The chronicles contain information on the benefactors of the new foundation and the difficulties the community was faced with. It gives a detailed account of the maintenance and artistic work done in both church and in the Missionary House. In reviewing the pastoral work more attention is given to the preparation of parish missions, spiritual exercises for various classes and assistance with parish work. The chronicles contain information relevant to local history and to the history of the Church in Slovenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Celje, the first pharmacist is mentioned as early as 1578, among the first cities in Styria. In the 16th century, provincial classes hired and paid for the so-called provincial pharmacists and also monitored their work. Until the 9th century, pharmacists were considered trades-men, then the public character of the profession changed: a court decree from 1820 required university education in pharmacy or chemistry. Since pharmacy trade was licensed and the number of pharmacies regulated, there was only one pharmacy in Celje for many years (pharmacy Pri orlu). The next two pharmacies were opened only after lengthy efforts: in the first half of the 7th century the second one (pharmacy Pri Mariji Pomagaj) and only in 1922 the third one (pharmacy Pri križu). After Wold War 11, all private pharmacies were nationalized; in 1968 a public institute The pharmacies of Celje was established. In February 2009, the Museum of Recent Histoy Ceije opened a museum pharmacy, which gives visitors an opportunity to experience the middle-class lifestyle from the time before World War II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The path that led to the formal opening of Celje Hospital 120 years ago had its beginnings in a medieval town almshouse. Years of commitment to institutionalising inpatient treatment finally led to results in 1887 when the new Giselle's Hospital, named after the emperor's daughter, was solemnly opened by the heir to the throne, Archduke Rudolph. Since its establishment - in addition to the promotion of healthy life-styles and health management, changes in methods of financing and problems such as floods - the hospital's primary value has been caring for the sick. This has been reflected in the work of physicians, nurses, female caregivers and other personnel; as the years passed, this attitude on the part of medical professionals towards patients increased the sense of confidence in the hospital. The local environment knew how to return such confidence, when it first supported the project of the extension and then also modernisation of the hospital, which is still underway. Today, Celje General Hospital holds an important position in the Slovenian public health system: as the third largest hospital in Slovenia, it includes 1600 employees and annually treats 35,000 inpatients and 260,000 people as part of the specialist and outpatient system. Within its periods of growth, the hospital has developed in almost every medical field. Today, we are committed to gaining the status of a clinical hospital, strengthening research activities and constantly improving quality. The motto that represents the mission of the employees of Celje Hospital also embodies the same spirit: "Devoted to life". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 1993, the Museum of Recent History Ceije was the first to put on display its unique dentistry collection; we exhibited dentistry instruments, devices and equipment used in the past by dentists and dental technicians in Slovenia. - Thanks to a private collector from Ceije, Franc Štolfa, DMD, a considerable number of these items have been preserved. He has collected about 3000 artefacts that were donated to him by individuals from all over Slovenia and which testify to the development of dentistry in Slovenia in 9th and 20th century. Dr. Štolfa had been cooperating with museums, and in 1991 donated the entire collection to the Museum of Recent History Celje in exchange for permanent care and protection. Experts from the museum now maintain, protect and document the collection: they develop it and present it to the public. The main items in the collection include surgical rooms, dental and dental-technical instruments, devices and equipment, photographic materials and literature on dentistry. Over the last decade the dentistry collection has moved several times from one location in the museum to another, while we continued to work intensively on finding a suitable site where an exhibition could be set up that would meet museological standards and regulations. Setting up the exhibition in these spaces is for now an experiment. It, however, gives both the custodians of the museum and members of the public, at least in terms of Slovene museology, a unique opportunity to evaluate the concept of the exhibition and think it over. Once a better solution, in terms of both form and content, is provided, the exhibition will be modified and put into its final shape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]