Bohdana Divišová:
Smrt, pitva a pražská balzamace vévody Jindřicha Julia Brunšvického, tajného rady císaře Rudolfa II.

Abstract

The death, the section and the embalming of the Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig, the Secret Counselor of the Emperor Rudolf II.

The topic of the article is a translation and commentary of the Latin file describing the evolution of the health status of the Duke Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel in the last two weeks of his life. The author was Duke’s personal physician Johannes Steinmetz, who cared for him and subsequently also directed the posthumous section and embalming that took place in Prague. The aim of the article is to introduce to the interested public the text and its translation as well as an interpretation of the most important part of it – the description of the section and embalming.

Language: czech

Keywords: Julius von Braunschweig; illness; death; section; embalming; history of medicine