Д-Р БЪРНИ БОНЧЕВ (1877-1968) И НЕГОВИЯТ ПРИНОС В БОРБАТА С МАЛАРИЯТА, С НАВОДНЕНИЯТА И ЗА ОЗДРАВЯВАНЕ НА ВИДИНСКИЯ МАЛАРИЧЕН РАЙОН
DR BURNIE BONCHEV (1877-1968) AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA, FLOODS AND FOR RESTORATION OF THE VIDIN MALARIAL REGION
Author(s): Aneta KirovaSubject(s): History, Cultural history, History of ideas
Published by: Балканска асоциация по история и философия на медицината (БАИФМ)
Keywords: Dr. Burnie Bonchev; parasitology; malaria; floods; health organization; history of Medicine
Summary/Abstract: The life and creative career of Dr. Burnie Bonchev has been traced - a prominent physician, specialist-malariologist, mayor of the town of Vidin, public figure, author of numerous publications. The focus is on the contribution of the famous malariologist to the organization of the fight against floods, their consequences, to the efforts for containing malaria in the Vidin region, the studies conducted thereby on the spread of the disease, his contribution to the experimental application of new preparations for treatment and disinsection, his broad interests in public health, history, biography and ethnography.
Journal: Асклепий. Международно списание по история и философия на медицината
- Issue Year: XIX/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 84-93
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Bulgarian
- Content File-PDF
