The Collegium Medico-Chirurgicum Josephinum or Josephinian Military Academy of Surgery (simply Josephinum for short) was an academy of military medicine founded in Vienna by Emperor Joseph II in 1784.[1] In 1874 its functions were transferred to other institutions,[1] and its building now houses the Josephinum Medical Museum of the Medical University of Vienna.
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An image of the building featured on the 1987 issue of the 50 schilling note.
Directors
editThe first director of the Josephinum was the Italian surgeon Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla (1728–1800).[1]
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