Risto Jeremić

Born in Foča, Risto Jeremić graduated from Medical school at the University of Graz in 1897. He was the first man from Foča to attain a university degree. He also became the first modern domestic surgeon in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the author of more than sixty scientific papers in various fields and made enormous contributions by researching the history of medicine in Yugoslav countries. He was one of the initiators and founders of the Serbian Educational and Cultural Society "Prosvjeta" in Sarajevo.