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This study is based on an analysis of the New Titular Calendars published since the end of the 17th century, which allow the reconstruction of several important features of the prosopography of the medical profession in the 18th-century Bohemia. Particularly the period between 1721 and 1787 became pivotal for history of medical profession as the number of physicians practicing in the kingdom nearly quadrupled. The Calendars contain their names and locations which allows to answer the question of their geographical distribution and also financial backing. The proportion of doctorsin Prague and outside Prague is particularly interesting. Additionally, it was possible to determine the occupancy of the offices of regional (county) physicians funded by the government in the period from 1706 to 1787. Together with the function of the Chief physician of the Kingdom of Bohemia, the regional (county) physicians were the oldest predecessors of the modern healthcare system.

The study presents data on the nature of households and families in Slovakia in the interwar period from a source that is unique in the world. In the 1930 census, a survey of kinship ties to the head of the household were included among the content elements, and persons living in the same flat or house and persons belonging to the same household were strictly distinguished. The aim of the article was to provide not only basic methodological data, but also to characterise the fundamental traits of households in Slovakia on the example of selected results. We focused on the size of the household, the type of household, the presence of children, as well as other relations of the families. The data in question were also analysed with regard to the size groups of municipalities, and an effort was also made to identify any spatial differences.