Editing Ante Šercer

{{Short description|Croatian physician}}
'''Ante Šercer''' (21 April 1896, [[Požega, Croatia|Požega]], [[Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]] – 25 June 1968, [[Zagreb]]) was a Yugoslav physician.

He attended elementary school in [[Dubrovnik]]. Finishing medical studies in [[Graz]] ([[Austria]]) and [[Prague]] ([[Czech Republic]]), he soon attended the specialized courses in Othorinolaringology ([[otolaryngology]]) in [[Zagreb]], [[Vienna]], and again, in Prague. He started practising at the clinical hospital of the Medical Department (''Medicinski fakultet'') in [[Zagreb]] in 1920, and eventually became its administrator and an associate [[professor]]. Later, in 1946, he became head of the department of the othorinolaringology of the [[Sisters of Charity Hospital (Zagreb)|Sisters of Charity Hospital]] (''Bolnica Sestara Milosrdnica''). 

Due to his efforts, and those of [[Eduard Miloslavic|Eduard Miloslavić]], the Medical Faculty was created in [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], in 1944 with eight lecturers.  At that time, he also advocated opening the Center for Oriental Studies there. The [[University of Zagreb]] provided 15 [[tonne|t]] of material and other equipment and books needed for 180 students in that first year. Due to that effort, when [[World War II]] ended, academician Šercer was sentenced by the newly created [[government]] of [[Yugoslavia]] to one year of forced labor and the confiscation of the property, found guilty of supporting the [[Independent State of Croatia|NDH]].

Šercer published 170 scientific papers, among which outstanding places belong to his works in the field of otolaryngological [[propaedeutics]] and clinical treatment, plastic surgery of the nose and ear, oral surgery and tonsilar problems. His method of presenting the infrastructure of the nose through [[decortication]] gained world attention. He was among the first in [[Europe]] to treat [[otosclerosis]] by surgery and  worked out a special theory about the etiopathogenesis of this illness. He initiated and was the [[editing|editor]] in chief of a Croatian ''medical [[Encyclopedia]]'', which was one of the first books of that kind in the world.

Among the famous people he treated were the [[Jazz]] musician [[Louis Armstrong]] ("Satchmo") and [[opera]] stars including [[Mario del Monaco]] and [[Giuseppe di Stefano]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/ante-sercer-lijecio-armstronga-del-monaca-i-di-stefana-126626|title=Ante Šercer liječio Armstronga, del Monaca i di Stefana}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [http://proleksis.lzmk.hr/47969/ Šercer, Ante] {{in lang|hr}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book | last=Padovan | first=Ivo | authorlink=Ivo Padovan | title=Život i djela Ante Šercera | year=1997 | language=Croatian | isbn=953-167-098-6}}

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[[Category:1896 births]]
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[[Category:People from Požega, Croatia]]
[[Category:People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia]]
[[Category:Yugoslav surgeons]]
[[Category:Otolaryngologists]]
[[Category:Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts]]