[The work of Dr. Lavoslav Glesinger in the history of medicine (1901-1986)].

In this paper special attention has been given to the analysis of the elements of the life and work of Professor Lavoslav Glesinger, M.D.,Ph.D., being at the same time the indicators of his role in the process of the development and recognition of the history of medicine as a profession and scientific, educational and academic discipline in our environment. With regard to the assigned object, all available bibliographic material has been studied. Professor Glesinger, being a physician practitioner, showed the interest in that field even in the period from 1931 to 1948 and wholly devoted himself to it working as a professional researcher and professor at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in the period from 1948 to 1976, and as a scientist at the Institute for History of Science, Mathematics and Medicine of the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zagreb, in the period from 1960 to 1981.