Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 45
No 4, October, 2006
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
 

Contact:
Misko Zivic
Clinic of Otorinolaringology Clincal Center
52 dr Zoran Djindjic Street
18000 Ni, Serbia

Copyright 2006 by Faculty  of Medicine, University of Nis

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF DR PAVLE JEFTIC

Misko Zivic

Clinic of Otorinolaringology Clincal Center of Nis

 Pavle Jeftic was a doctor and Head of the District Hospital in Nis. He was the first doctor of Internal Medicine and Histology in Nis. He started an initiative to build a district hospital, where the building of Internal medicine is situated today. His role in the Red Cross was prominent. During his fight against typhus, he got ill and died on February 21, 1915. In 1926, on his tombstone, it was written: “To doctor our friend - friends and thankful patients”. It is a unique tombstone in the world. Acta Medica Medianae 2006; 45(4):65-66.

 Key words: Doctor Pavle Jeftic, first doctor of Internal medicine, unique tombstone