[The first physicians in Banat--II]

The second part is dedicated to the physicians in Vrsac, Bela Crkva and Pancevo. Vrsac was first mentioned in 1350 as Podvrsan. Building of the city of Vrsac (Vrsac tower) dates back to the middle of XIV century. It used to have a suburb, and it is the present Vrsac. One of the first and most important physicians in Vrsac during the XIX century was doctor Gavrilo Pekarović born on March 15, 1812 in Banatsko Arandjelovo (Oroslama) and died on March 8, 1851 in Vrsac. He had worked in a Serbian hospital founded by the Serbian Church in 1779. He wrote the first Serbian and Yugoslav book Cadoljub in 1836. Bela Crkva was first mentioned in 1355, but not many facts are known about its first physicians from the XVIII century. Up to 1812 medical corps was performed by a battalion physician-surgeon. In 1758 district surgeons are mentioned, as well as a surgeon from Bela Crkva. As a settlement Pancevo was first recorded in 1153 as a settlement of Greek merchants. A hospital in Pancevo was first mentioned in 1736, while the first physicians were military physicians. Doctor Kapaun was first mentioned in 1743 as a district physician. At the beginning of the XIX century doctor Trapl was the city physician whereas doctor Sloser was mentioned as a military physician without other data.