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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to highlight the historical importance of the events of the year 1848 for Czech surgery and to provide a brief report on medical dissertations written in Prague between the years 1832 and 1846, focused on the surgical treatment of incarcerated hernias.
Methods: The study was designed as a literary search using original materials of the Archive of Charles University, the National Library of the Czech Republic, and international sources.
Results: In the year 1848 surgery became an official part of the university medical curriculum after a long process of integration. We identified and analysed ten medical dissertations on anatomy, diagnosis and treatment of incarcerated hernias, completed in the above mentioned period.
Conclusion: Our results illustrate both the successful completion of implementation of surgery into the medical curriculum, as well as the ways and the quality of both conservative and surgical treatments of incarcerated hernias between 1832 and 1846.