Physicians in Srem in XVIII and XIX century: Distinguished botanists

It was necessary for the first physicians to have the knowledge of plants, because phytotherapy was an integral part of medicine from the very beginning. For this reason, botany was a significant part of the curriculum at medical faculties in the XVIII and XIX century. Some professors at these faculties were known in international scientific circles as prominent botanists (Pál Kitaibel, August Kanitz, Giovanni Scopoli, Carl von Linné, etc.). After the liberation from the Turkish rule, flora was insufficiently explored in the territory of today’s Vojvodina, which made it an interesting area for botanical studies undertaken by science professors from the universities in Vienna, Pest, and Cluj. A significant contribution to their scientific work was given by researchers from Srem, who in addition to their medical and pharmaceutical work practiced also botany. Some of them had their results published in publications and some became members of the European scientific natural history societies (Andreas Budai, Georgius Streim, Bartholomäus Emmanuel Godra, Mathias Kirchbaum, and Andreas Wolny).

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