O STRUČNOM I ETIČKOM PROFILU LIČNOSTI IZUZETNOG LEKARA, HUMANISTE I PEDAGOGA, PROFESORA DR NIKA MILJANIĆA

Abstract

Dr. Niko Miljanic anatomist and surgeon, ordinary professor of the Medical Faculty in Belgrade, had been managing there the anatomy teaching during the period 1920-1934, then held lectures on surgery propedeutics since 1935 till 1947, when being a principled person with the moral sense for the profession and his task as an university professor, after his action as a member of the commitee for Election of the Medical Faculty Teachers, he was releived in 1954 year from the faculty. Professor Miljanic was the author of our first textbooks of anatomy, a monography on asepsis as well as a lot of scientific articles on anatomy and surgery in diffrent journals at home and abroad. As a French ex-pupil he was elected president of the French ex-pupils Association and the founder of the bilinqual Serbian-French journal „Anali medicine i hirurgije” („Anals of Medicine and Surgery”), published 1927-1934. In 1930, together with the King Alexander I, he uncover in Belgrade Kalemegdan Park the Monument of the Gratitude to France. He fought in both Balcanic and both World wars. Professor Miljanic was a member of the French Academy of Surgeons and was decorated with the order of the Legionn of Honour.

Keywords: Niko Miljanic, anatomy, surgery.