BOALĂ ŞI SĂNĂTATE ÎN PRIMUL RĂZBOI MONDIAL. STUDIU DE CAZ: COMITATUL SIBIU
Sickness and Health in World War I. A Case Study: Sibiu County

Summary/Abstract: As World War I continued, the lists with dead, wounded, lost people or prisoners became part of the everyday life for civilians. Sickness and epidemics deepened the hardships of both the military and the families beyond the frontlines, especially for those with family members on the front. Cholera, tuberculosis, the Spanish flu, and typhus made a lot of victims, offering a macabre image of the second front. This study presents the reactions of civil and military authorities to fight the epidemics within the Sibiu county. The population of this Transylvanian county understood both the war and the epidemics in the same way, as a punishment for human sins. The study takes into account the solutions implemented in the city of Sibiu, with a developed sanitary administration in local and military hospitals and compares them with those from the rest of the county, especially in the rural area, where lack of food and doctors were responsible for many human losses.

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