275 YEARS SINCE THE EPIDEMIC OF PLAGUE IN CLUJ: DR. ALEXANDRU LENGHEL’S CONTRIBUTION TO ITS INVESTIGATION

Authors

  • Liliana Rogozea
  • Florin Leașu
  • Dinu Iuliu Dumitrascu
  • Dan L. Dumitrascu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15386/cjmed-546

Keywords:

Cluj, history of medicine, plague

Abstract

Plague is one of the most impressive diseases in the cultural history of mankind. Its lethality has influenced the evolution of society and it is frequently represented in fine arts and literature.

The principality of Transylvania was also affected by this infection, the plague having strongly impacted both economic and social development.

Between 1738 and 1739 an important plague epidemic spread in Transylvania. The authors introduce and discuss a less known work on this epidemic, with focus on its impact on the city of Cluj - a book written in 1930 by Dr. Alexandru Lenghel, who later became a target of political persecution during the Stalinist period, while his work entered a cone of shadow.

Author Biographies

Liliana Rogozea, Faculty of Medicine, “Transilvania” University of Brasov,

Department of Fundamental Disciplines and Clinical Prevention

Florin Leașu, Faculty of Medicine, “Transilvania” University of Brasov,

Department of Fundamental Disciplines and Clinical Prevention

Dinu Iuliu Dumitrascu, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca

Department of Anatomy and Embryology

Dan L. Dumitrascu, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca

2nd Department of Internal Medicine

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Published

2015-09-21

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Rogozea L, Leașu F, Dumitrascu DI, Dumitrascu DL. 275 YEARS SINCE THE EPIDEMIC OF PLAGUE IN CLUJ: DR. ALEXANDRU LENGHEL’S CONTRIBUTION TO ITS INVESTIGATION. Med Pharm Rep [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 21 [cited 2025 Oct. 3];88(4):563-6. Available from: https://medpharmareports.com/index.php/mpr/article/view/546

Issue

Vol. 88 No. 4 (2015)

Section

History of Medicine and Pharmacy

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