Josephinum Medical Museum
Josephinum means house of Joseph and may refer to various buildings and institutions including: *Josephinum Academy, a private all-girls school in Chicago, Illinois * Josephinian Military Academy of Surgery in Vienna, 1784–1874 * Josephinum Medical Museum, home to a collection of anatomical wax models in Vienna, Austria *Pontifical College Josephinum The Pontifical College Josephinum is a private Roman Catholic seminary and university in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded by Joseph Jessing in 1888 and was granted the status of a Pontifical College in 1892 by Pope Leo XIII, making it the only pont ...

Josephinum Academy
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. History In September 1886, Mother Philomena Schmittdiel, superior of the North American Province of the Sisters of Christian Charity, buried a small statue of St. Joseph in an empty field across the street from St. Aloysius Church. This was the symbol of her intention to buy the property on Oakley Boulevard and build a school for girls that she would call St. Joseph's Academy. When the building opened to students in September 1890, a single Latin word, "Josephinum," which roughly translates as "the house of Joseph," was carved above the entrance portico. The name was embraced, and the school was called "Josephinum Academy" until 1923 when Cardinal Mundelein made Josephinum a regional Catholic High School and renamed it "Josephinum High School." The school then readopted the name "Josephinum Academy" in 2000 w ...
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Josephinian Military Academy Of Surgery
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. In 1874 its functions were transferred to other institutions, and its building now houses the Josephinum Medical Museum of the Medical University of Vienna. An image of the building featured on the 1987 issue of the 50 schilling note. Directors The first director of the Josephinum was the Italian surgeon Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla, Baron of Carpiano (15 April 1728 – 30 July 1800 in Padua) was a personal physician of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II and the first director of the Josephinian Military Academy of Surgery in Vienna. Brambilla was ... (1728–1800). References History of surgery 1784 establishments in Austria 1874 disestablishments in Austria Buildings and structures in Vienna {{med-org-stub ...
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Josephinum Medical Museum
Josephinum means house of Joseph and may refer to various buildings and institutions including: *Josephinum Academy, a private all-girls school in Chicago, Illinois * Josephinian Military Academy of Surgery in Vienna, 1784–1874 * Josephinum Medical Museum, home to a collection of anatomical wax models in Vienna, Austria *Pontifical College Josephinum The Pontifical College Josephinum is a private Roman Catholic seminary and university in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded by Joseph Jessing in 1888 and was granted the status of a Pontifical College in 1892 by Pope Leo XIII, making it the only pont ...