Din istoria și istoriografia medicinei românești. Dr. Pompei Samarian (1879–1942)
From the history and historiography of Romanian medicine. Dr. Pompei Samarian (1879–1942)

Summary/Abstract: For the studies of the history of Romanian medicine and for the publishing activity, the name of Pompei Samarian is a mandatory landmark. He was born on March 26, 1879 in Bacău, and after graduating he was, in turn, doctor in Podoleni-Fălciu, assistant at the Psychiatric Clinic of Mărcuța Hospital, secondary doctor at Eforie Hospital, doctor at Zimnicea Hospital. In 1912 he became doctor at the Călărași County Hospital, where he remained until his death, on May 11, 1942. A doctor by profession, but with an indisputable vocation as a historian, Pompei Samarian is the author of the first history of early Romanian medicine (1382–1834), “Medicine and pharmacy in the Romanian past” (vol. I–III, 1935–1938), a work which received the prize of the Romanian Academy in 1935. He published numerous studies, larger or smaller, from volumes to articles in various scientific publications of the time, on the past of Romanian epidemiology, on the past of veterinary medicine, on the history of the city and hospital in Călărași or on the plague in Romanian history. He was a doctor and director of the hospital in Călărași for three decades (from 1912–1942), vice president of the Royal Romanian Society of Medical History and a prominent member of the International Society of Medical History, which in turn awarded him a prize for the monumental work on the plague, “From the epidemiology of the Romanian past. Plague” (1932). Although his studies have remained valid to this day, very little has been written about Dr. Pompei Samarian and his work. It is the reason why we intend to return to his personality, his scientific and journalistic activity, as well as his works.

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