Dr Franc Derganc (1877–1939) was a Slovenian physician
and organiser of surgical activity. From 1910, he headed the 2nd Septic Ward
and from 1911 the 1st Surgical Ward of the Ljubljana Hospital. In 1922, he
merged the two departments and headed them until his death.
He published medical writings and popular-scientific medical
articles in various journals and newspapers, as well as fiction; as co-editor
of the cultural and political journal Jug,
he also dealt with philosophical issues and later wrote the philosophical book Svetozor, was the initiator and, in its
first year of publication, editor of Zdravniški
vestnik, etc.
In 1910, together with his wife Hedvika Heda Derganc,
b. Tauber (1889–1974), he built and founded a private hospital in Ljubljana,
the Emona Sanatorium. Both were interested in and supported literature and the
fine arts. Ivan Cankar, Oton Župančič, Fran Tratnik, Hinko Smrekar, Rihard
Jakopič and others were regular guests at their home, where important ideas
were conceived, including the establishment of the Slovenian Academy of
Sciences and Arts.
2 November – 6 December 2023
National
Gallery of Slovenia
Prešernova
24
1000
Ljubljana