[Dr. Frano Bulic].

Z Rumboldt

PubMed · 11554117

[Dr. Frano Bulic].

Abstract

Professor Frano Bulić was born in Split, Croatia, in 1906; in the same town he died in 1984. Out of his 78 years, some 30 he spent in Split, 17 in Zagreb, four in Sarajevo, and 25 in Belgrade, while the remaining two he was fighting all over the country in the antifascist was. Bulić was beloved professor of medicine at the medical schools of Zagreb, Sarajevo (he was actually one of the founders of this very school), and Belgrade. Learning and lecturing in many European countries, he published more than 50 original papers and several textbook chapters. Professor's achievements were particularly prominent in the fields of nephrology (endemic nephropathy, "trench" nephritis), endocrinology (pituitary and suprarenal abnormalities) and metabolism (malnutrition, analysis of the plasma proteins).

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