The Establishment of Civil Hospital Administration
Eugen Brătucu, Sînziana Ionescu, Augustin Marian Marincaş, Rossana Brătucu, Maria-Manuela Răvaş, Virgiliu-Mihail PrunoiuHistory of medicine, no. 2, 2020
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.115.2.274
The beginning of hospital care in Romania was due to the initiatives of several foundations: the St. Spyridon Ward of Iasi for the Principality of Moldavia and the Civil Hospitals Administration for the Principality of Wallachia.
The St. Spyridon General Ward of the House of Hospitals emerged as a result of the efforts of Dimitrie Bosie and his son Stefan Bosie, who created the first infirmary ("bolnita") in 1752. In 1757, under the rule of Constantin Cehan Racovita, the establishment was granted institutional legitimacy and was given substantial real estate from the sovereign's property.
In this presentation, we aim at tackling only the hospital institution created in the Principality of Wallachia, leaving the St. Spyridon Ward for another presentation which will be included in the Chirurgia journal. The Civil Hospitals Administration (ESC in Romanian) was the result of a decision taken by count general Pavel Kiseleff, the governor of the two Romanian principalities, appointed after the Treaty of Adrianopole (1829).
Following this peace, the Romanian principalities entered under Russian authority and were granted the right to autonomous internal organisation, including the freedom of commerce. The right to free export, without having to abide by preferential export to the Ottoman Empire, generated a considerable leap in terms of economic development for the Romanian Principalities.
In 1829, the rayahs of Braila and Giurgiu returned to Wallachia, no longer being under Turkish rule. Thus, the Romanian merchants regained the responsibility of exporting grain and cattle on the Danube. These well-deserved privileges made a huge difference in the economic balance of the principalities, leading to visibly.
The St. Spyridon General Ward of the House of Hospitals emerged as a result of the efforts of Dimitrie Bosie and his son Stefan Bosie, who created the first infirmary ("bolnita") in 1752. In 1757, under the rule of Constantin Cehan Racovita, the establishment was granted institutional legitimacy and was given substantial real estate from the sovereign's property.
In this presentation, we aim at tackling only the hospital institution created in the Principality of Wallachia, leaving the St. Spyridon Ward for another presentation which will be included in the Chirurgia journal. The Civil Hospitals Administration (ESC in Romanian) was the result of a decision taken by count general Pavel Kiseleff, the governor of the two Romanian principalities, appointed after the Treaty of Adrianopole (1829).
Following this peace, the Romanian principalities entered under Russian authority and were granted the right to autonomous internal organisation, including the freedom of commerce. The right to free export, without having to abide by preferential export to the Ottoman Empire, generated a considerable leap in terms of economic development for the Romanian Principalities.
In 1829, the rayahs of Braila and Giurgiu returned to Wallachia, no longer being under Turkish rule. Thus, the Romanian merchants regained the responsibility of exporting grain and cattle on the Danube. These well-deserved privileges made a huge difference in the economic balance of the principalities, leading to visibly.
