Jovan Stejić (Stari Arad,

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, 1803 –

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, 23 November 1853) was a Serbian writer,

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, critic of

Vuk Karadžić Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the mode ...

's reform and medical doctor.

Biography

Jovan Stejić is the first

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Doctor of Medicine who came to work in

. He was Prince

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's personal physician, founder of the Serbian Civil Medical Corps, one of the founders of the Society of Serbian Letters (later the

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), and the author of many scientific and literary works and publications. Upon his arrival organized civil health service in Serbia started to function. He often collaborated in the "Gazette" of Society of Serbian Letters and was its editor at one time. He was also a newspaper medical editor for ''Dnevnik'' and the Serbian National Journal.

Selected work

* ''Proverbs of diversity'' (1839) * ''What do I need to eat and drink'' (1842) * ''About the Country'', from

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's Democritus (1847) * ''Europe, from the national vocabulary of Roteka and Welker'' (1849) * ''Criticism of Vuk's translation of the New Testament'' (1850), * ''Anthropology of the science of man'' (1853) * ''Proposal for Serbian language and Serbian grammar'', (1853) which he published as vice president of the Society of Serbian Letters and which is a continuation of the controversy regarding the reform of Vuk`s spelling, dating from 1832. * ''Proposal for Serbian vocabulary and Serbian grammar ''(1866) * ''Fun for the mind and heart'' * ''Makrobiotika or science of extending the life of mankind'', I-II, (1826). It was printed in Vienna in 1826 and is his most valuable work. It represents the Serbian translation of textbooks, an encyclopedic guide from German clinician

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. The book was dedicated to his benefactor

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. * ''Drunkenness'', (1827) a scientific approach to the causes and consequences, as well as ways of treating alcoholics. Published in the Yearbook of “Matica Srpska”. * ''Fun for the mind and heart'' I-V, He printed five volumes of collections of articles with health lessons, reprinted several times (

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, 1828,

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1831,

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, 1834, Buda, 1836 and

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, 1839). The third book is a translated text from other authors under the name of "Wise words from various writers". The fourth book "Views of mental Science" is written for the general public. * ''Anthropology'', or the science of man for Youth'' (1850) * ''Serbian orthography'', (1852) in which he expressed his opinion regarding the necessity of accepting the new terms and expressions in different areas of science. He also translated parts of

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, and some of Rabnera's brilliant German satires. He read

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and recommended him to dramatist

Joakim Vujić Joakim Vujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јоаким Вујић; Baja, Habsburg monarchy, 9 September 1772 – Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 8 November 1847) was a Serbian writer, dramatist (musical stage and theatre), actor, traveler and polyglot. ...

and novelist

Milovan Vidaković Milovan Vidaković ( sr-cyr, Милован Видаковић; 1780–1841) was a Serbian novelist. He is referred to as the father of the modern Serbian novel. Today, his novels are mostly forgotten, and he is best remembered as a strong opponen ...

References

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