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14. Tonkovic, V. (1978): O malariji i pristupu njenoj eradikaciji u Puli u 1903. godini. Acta historica medicináé, stomatologiae, pharmaciae & veterinae, Anno 18:1, str. 1978, str. 83-91. ("On malaria and the methods of its eradication in Pula in 1903'". Acta historica medicináé, stomatologiae, pharmaciae & veterinae, Anno 18, 1978, pp. 83-91). 15. Trausmiller, O. (1948): Prilozi k historiji malarije na istocnoj obali Jadrana. Zbornik o malariji, Beograd, Medicinska knjiga, 1948. ("Appendix to the history of malaria at the Eastern Coast of Adriatic". Proceedings on malaria, Beograd, Medicinska knjiga, 1948). 16. Anon: Vjesnik Kralj. Hr. Slav. Dahn. Zern. Arkiva XV/1913. 17. Vucevac Bajt, V., Greguric Gracner, G. (2001): Lijecenje malarije u narodnoj medicini. Zbornik radova Seminar DDD i ZUPP 2001 u Porecu od 14. do 16. ozajka 2001, Zagreb, ozujak 2001, str. 87-94. ("Treating malaria in the popular medicine". Proceedings, Seminar DDD and ZUPP 2001 in Porec 14.-16. March 2001). 18. Vucevac Bajt, V. (2001): 100-ta obljetnica dolaska znanstvenika Roberta Kocha i njegovih suradnika u otocje Brijuni u cilju suzbijanja malarije. Veterinarska Stanica, 32:2, Zagreb 2001. str. 103-106 ("100th anniversary of the arrival of Robert Koch and his associates to the Islands of Brijuni with the aim of malaria eradication". Veterinarska stanica, 32:2, Zagreb 2001. pp. 103-106). GORDANA GREGURIC GRACNER, D. V. M., junior researcher, Veterinary Faculty, Zagreb, Department of Humanities, Chair of Veterinary Medicine History, 10000 Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, Croatia. VESNA VUCEVAC BAJT, Prof., Ph.D., Veterinary Faculty, Zagreb, Department of Humanities, Chair of Veterinary Medicine History. 10000 Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, Croatia. vecon(q)zg.tel.hr ABSTRACT Malaria as a disease of miasmatic origin was known of as early as in the Ancient times. The first written documents on malaria in Croatia date from the 16

th century, and concern Istria. Until the end of the 16

th century, malaria was spread on almost the whole territory of Croatia. The first studies of the disease were performed as early as in the 18

th century. The first piece of work on malaria in Croatia "De morbo Naroniano tractatus" (on the "Neretva disease") was written by Paduan professor Giusepe Antonio Pujati (1701-1760). The term "malaria" (after the italian mala-aria, meaning bad air) was first mentioned in the gazette "Danica Ilirska" in 1837. During the 19

n century, the sanitization of malaric areas in Istria and the Neretva valley was carried out with the aim of eradication of the disease. However, the first significant results were not achieved until the beginning of the 20th century