Abstract · The technical development of the 19th-century England was not tangible in all areas of life, as it was still the revolutionary age of machines. At the same time the health care of the period was still surprisingly rudimentary by today's standards. The mortality rate was quite high due to various diseases, so a large part of the society could not even reach the end of childhood, let alone adulthood. For this reason, they developed complicated funeral rituals using symbolism to ensure that the memory of their deceased would last as long as possible and the Victorian era gave a sense of meaning to these short-lived people. Photography, one of the greatest inventions of the era, ensured remembrance. Although at first it was not fully accessible for the wider public, postmortem photography became widespread. As time went by, the living could make a greater use of the photographers’ skills, so there was no longer any need to create memories after death. By the third millennium, these photographs are precious historical documents that tell their stories, which this time begin with the depicted person's death.

Abstract · The study focuses on the occurrence of suicides in Madách’s most important drama: ’The Tragedy of Man”. The analysis is principally based on Durkheim's typology of suicides. Suicide plays a determining role in the eleventh scene of the ’Tragedy’, describing the free-market capitalism in London, ending with collective suicide, and also in the last scene, the fifteenth one, where Adam wants to cast himself off the cliff, thus not only putting an end to his own life, but to that of mankind as a whole, too. This grim approach to suicide can surely be traced back to Madách’s personal fate, which cannot be separated from the tragic history of the nation, the defeat of the 1848-49 war of independence. There is, however, no proof that Madách himself might have had suicidal thoughts at all.

Abstract · The Collection of Anatomical Pathology of the Medical University of Vienna was established in 1796. With around 50,000 items, it is the largest collection of its kind in the world today. In 1971, it was moved to a building called the Tower of the Insane (Narrenturm), which used to be the world's first independent psychiatric institute. Today it awaits its visitors as a special collection of the Museum of Natural Sciences with its renewed exhibition, opened in 2021. The renewal of descriptive anatomical research with a humanistic attitude and the emphasis on experiential, clinical medicine in the middle of the 16th century started the process that led to the creation of the science of pathology and autopsy by systematizing diseases and discovering their causes. The discovery of the external, internal and microanatomical structure and functional operation of the human body made it possible to distinguish health and disease based on scientific grounds, and organize them causally and morphologically. The exhibition acquaints the visitor with both the history of the building and the development of the science of pathology. Moreover, based on the current knowledge of pathology, it systematically presents the natural and artificial preparations and demonstration devices that made the study of diseases possible within the walls of the Vienna Medical University. This article is not just some recommendation to view the exhibition. In addition to the presentation of the exhibition, it dissects its historical aspects and presents its medical history connections, thus contributing to the interpretation and better understanding of what is seen.