Mundy, Jaromir von#
b. Veveri, Czech Republic (then Eichhorn), Oct. 3, 1822, d. Vienna, Aug. 23, 1894 (suicide), physician, initially an army officer. In 1881 founded the Vienna Volunteer Ambulance Society ( Rescue Services) together with Count H. Wilczek and Count E. Lamezan-Salins and after the fire of the Ringtheater. Worked with T. Billroth to found the Rudolfinerhaus hospital in Vienna. Pioneered therapy for the mentally ill.
Works#
Ueber den Transport der im Felde Verwundeten und Kranken, 1874; Die freie Behandlung der Irren auf Landguetern, 1879.Literature#
L. Schoenbauer, Das oe. Militaer-Sanitaetswesen, 1948; E. Fischer-Homberger, Zur Entwicklung des Rettungswesens, in: Image 37, 1971; OeBL.