Romanian Medical Historiography (1813-2008)

The object of the paper is to offer a general analytic and quantitative view on Romanian medical historiography from its beginnings up to the present. With respect to structure, we start with the evolution of bibliographic reference works in the field of the history of medicine, continuing with the presentation of the four stages the research of this scientific domain has gone through. The conclusions point to the idea that though studied mainly by physicians and not historians, the history of medicine in Romania has remained subject to major historiographical changes, and the quantity and quality of the discussions has been directly influenced by the degree of institutionalization present in the domain.

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