„MURIND DIN NEBĂGARE DE SEAMĂ”. CONTRIBUȚII LA STUDIUL TUBERCULOZEI ÎN BUCOVINA (SFÂRȘITUL SECOLULUI XIX –ÎNCEPUTUL SECOLULUI XX)
“Dying of Carelessness”. Contribution to the Study of Tuberculosis in Bukovina (the late 19th and early 20th Century)

Summary/Abstract: Favored by precarious socio-economic conditions, lack of education and hygiene and a particular behavior, social diseases found in Bukovina in the 1900s a favorable land for their spreading. The statistical knowledge of social issues brought the doctors and provincial officials closer to a complex and sad reality. The medical reports unveiled a less pleasant image of society, showing a pressing need for reforms. The transition from “misery, poverty and carelessness” to “the danger of infections and diseases” imposed a great vigilance of the authorities towards the province’s population.On such a background, the fight against tuberculosis was born. Subsequently, the debates in intellectual circles were combined with administrative and legislative initiatives. Treating it superficially would have affected the vitality of the provinceʼs inhabitants, and this could represent a risk for the whole empire.Unfortunately, many of the projects elaborated in the years preceding World War I were partially implemented due to unsatisfactory financial aid.In spite of the plans proposed by doctors and public officials and the intentions of the “Association for the Fight against Tuberculosis”, the number of tuberculosis patients (relative to the population of the province) remained high enough to impose new measures to mitigate the risk of contamination and death.

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