Octavian Buda
Biographic Data
| ID | 6413630 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Octavian Buda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Octavian |
| FAMILY NAME | Buda |
| SIGNATURE | BUDA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1455-8246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cholera, Quarantines and Social Modernisation at the Danube Border of the Ottoman Empire
This study focuses on the history of the quarantine system established at the naval border of the Romanian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia) between 1830 and 1859. We survey both the state’s ability to organise defences against contagious diseases and the society’s reaction to strict quarantine rules. In the end, we show that the Danube quarantine was not only a means of combating contagious diseases but also an instrument of pressure, surv…
From Monastic Benevolence to Medical Beneficence
In Middle Ages, in Moldavia and Wallachia, the healthcare system was almost non-existent, medical practice being the attribute of old women, midwives, charmers, and later monastic personnel. The first elements of medical ethics are identifiable in written texts from the 17th century, associated with a process of laicization of medicine and the appearance of the first combined civil and penal codes (Vasile Lupu's Law from 1646 and Matei Basarab's …
The face of madness in Romania
In 1870 the Romanian physician Nicolae G. Chernbach published a photographic atlas of the main types of mental alienation, a collection of twelve plates depicting mentally ill patients from the Marcutza Asylum in Bucharest. Each photograph included a diagnosis based on the clinical nosography and theories of the physiognomy of insanity acknowledged during the period. The publication of the atlas — just a few years after Hugh W. Diamond’s initial …
Cholera, Quarantines and Social Modernisation at the Danube Border of the Ottoman Empire
This study focuses on the history of the quarantine system established at the naval border of the Romanian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia) between 1830 and 1859. We survey both the state’s ability to organise defences against contagious diseases and the society’s reaction to strict quarantine rules. In the end, we show that the Danube quarantine was not only a means of combating contagious diseases but also an instrument of pressure, surv…
The face of madness in Romania
In 1870 the Romanian physician Nicolae G. Chernbach published a photographic atlas of the main types of mental alienation, a collection of twelve plates depicting mentally ill patients from the Marcutza Asylum in Bucharest. Each photograph included a diagnosis based on the clinical nosography and theories of the physiognomy of insanity acknowledged during the period. The publication of the atlas — just a few years after Hugh W. Diamond’s initial …
Cholera, Quarantines and Social Modernisation at the Danube Border of the Ottoman Empire
This study focuses on the history of the quarantine system established at the naval border of the Romanian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia) between 1830 and 1859. We survey both the state’s ability to organise defences against contagious diseases and the society’s reaction to strict quarantine rules. In the end, we show that the Danube quarantine was not only a means of combating contagious diseases but also an instrument of pressure, surv…
From Monastic Benevolence to Medical Beneficence
In Middle Ages, in Moldavia and Wallachia, the healthcare system was almost non-existent, medical practice being the attribute of old women, midwives, charmers, and later monastic personnel. The first elements of medical ethics are identifiable in written texts from the 17th century, associated with a process of laicization of medicine and the appearance of the first combined civil and penal codes (Vasile Lupu's Law from 1646 and Matei Basarab's …
Political science (3 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Romanian (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Alienation (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work)