Laza Lazarević

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Laza Lazarević (May 1, 1851-January 10, 1891) was Serbian writer and psychiatrist.

He was born in Šabac, in a trader family, where he finished primary and lower high school. In 1865 he studies in higher high school and then Law in Belgrade. With help of the country he leaves to Berlin to study medicine. After he finished the studies he became specialist doctor of the General State Hospital in Belgrade. Since then to his death, Lazarević worked on organisation of Serbian medicine as a primarius. He was a member of the Serbian Learned Society and SANU, doctor in 1876-1878 wars, major, organiser of the large reserve hospital in Niš during the Serbian-Bulgarian war (1885), vice-colonel, writer and translator and medicine scientist (published 22 works in local and foreign magazines). His works are translated in numerous languages. He died in Belgrade as personal doctor of king Milan Obrenović IV.