[Pharmacology and clinical drug research in 18th-century Vienna]

"The history of medication and early clinical pharmacological research in Vienna in the 18th century" is starting on a broad summary of nearly two millenniums of medical therapy and "materia medica". Commencing with the antique hippocratic school and progressing in a rapid overview of the most important and commonly known facts on medication and therapy, this contribution leads into a more extensive investigation trying to emphasize the importance of the so-called "First Viennese Medical School" and the scientific works of two Viennese medical doctors originated from Luxemburg, H. J. Crantz and H. J. Collin, in the investigation and propagation of new remedies and the progress of therapy.