!!!Josephinum

Josephinum, a medical/surgical academy in the 9th district of Vienna 
for the training of military doctors (also called Josephs-Akademie), 
founded by Joseph II in 1785. Closed from 1849-1854, then 
reopened. Remained an educational establishment for army doctors until 
1874. After the introduction of the Doctor of Medicine degree in 1872, 
the partial qualification of the Josephinum diploma was no longer 
valid. The Josephinum building, built in 1783-1785 in neo- classic 
style according to plans by I. Canevale, with a fountain 
(Hygieiabrunnen) by J. M. Fischer in the courtyard (Ehrenhof), 
was used for courses for army doctors in the years 1875-1883, and for 
a school of applied medicine for military doctors from 1900 to 1918. 
Today it houses, among other institutions, the Institute of Medical 
History, with an impressive collection of anatomical and obstetrical 
wax models (from 1920 onwards).

!Literature
H. Wyklicky, Das Josephinum. Biographie eines Hauses, 
1985.


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