Glimpses into Health, Disease,
and Medical Institutions
in Transylvania

From the Medical-Surgical Institute to Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, one of Romania's leading academic centers.

From field deliveries and village midwives to hospital obstetrics in Cluj — how childbirth gradually shifted from domestic tradition to medical institution across Transylvania.

Accidents, homicides, and suicides in historical Transylvania (1850-1918): from macro-level statistics to individual parish records.

The cholera epidemic of 1872-1873 in Transylvania: causes, spread, societal responses, and demographic consequences.

An analysis of tuberculosis-related deaths in Transylvania between 1850 and 1914, exploring social, economic, and environmental inequalities.

Fevers, mosquitoes, and the limits of medicine — malaria among railway workers and hospital patients in 19th-20th century Transylvania.

From Jenner's gift to mandatory vaccination under Law XXII of 1887 — how Transylvania fought and ultimately defeated a disfiguring plague between 1800 and 1918.

A century of therapeutic struggle — from mercury treatments to penicillin, tracing the medical and social history of syphilis through 19th-century illustration and mortality data.

The reconstructed life of Bálint Margit (1912-1998), village midwife of Comandău and Covasna — a portrait drawn from family photographs, diplomas, and the oral testimony of her granddaughter.