ISSUES REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND FUNCTIONING OF THE ROMANIAN MILITARY SANITARY SERVICE DURING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
ISSUES REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND FUNCTIONING OF THE ROMANIAN MILITARY SANITARY SERVICE DURING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE

Author(s): Ionuț Rădulescu, Mircea Udrescu
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Military policy, Politics and Identity
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: independence; war; the army’s sanitary service; divisional ambulance; epidemics;
Summary/Abstract: In general, the sanitary state of the Romanian army was marked by strongly adverse elements such as important physical efforts made by the soldiers, difficulties on the troops’ supply lines, housing, equipment, transport and providing a minimum of hygienic conditions. At the same time, the heroism, dedication and selfsacrifice of the army’s sanitary service prevailed. The cold and rainy autumn of 1877, followed by a harsh winter, with heavy snowfall, made the situation significantly harsher especially at the siege of Plevna and in the battles around Vidin.

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