Romanian Medical Diplomacy: Encounters with World Famous Scientists Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch (1885–1891) Cover Image

Romanian Medical Diplomacy: Encounters with World Famous Scientists Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch (1885–1891)
Romanian Medical Diplomacy: Encounters with World Famous Scientists Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch (1885–1891)

Author(s): Laura Gheorghiu
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: medical diplomacy; epidemics; vaccines; rabies; plague; tuberculin; influenza;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the unique relations between some Romanian medical personalities and the French and German leading scientists Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. It also highlights the role of Romanian diplomacy in facilitating these contacts and providing information about the outbreaks of infectious diseases in foreign countries.

  • Issue Year: XXXII/2023
  • Issue No: Suppl. 2
  • Page Range: 247-259
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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