ANTI-EPIDEMICKÉ OPATRENIA UHORSKEJ VLÁDY V REAKCII NA CHOLERU V ROKOCH 1872-73

• Authors: Golian Ján

Title variants

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Anti-epidemic measures of the Hungarian government in reaction to the cholera wave of 1872-73

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The article analyses the Hungarian anti-epidemic measures as a response to the cholera epidemics in 1872/73. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and county authorities responded to the initial threat by issuing recommendations on how to deal with it. Instructions also appeared in manuals and the periodical press. Official documents were primarily devoted to describing the symptoms of cholera and clearly diagnosing the first cases in order to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic. The regulations often described ways to avoid the disease, how to treat the sick and primarily how to prevent further spreading. Some documents were devoted to the method of burial or handling of the remains of dead bodies. The article also aims to analyse the method of monitoring the epidemic at the county level. In the regions, each case was initially registered separately. The authenticity should have been confirmed by the county doctor. After the outbreak of cholera, the municipalities were to prepare and send weekly updated numbers of the infected, deceased, treated and recovered patients. Based on these statistics, anti-epidemiological measures were applied by shipping medications and supporting medical personnel.

Keywords

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CHOLERA EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICIES; KINGDOM OF HUNGARY

• Publisher: Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 479 – 511

Contributors

author

Golian Ján

• Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Faculty of Arts, Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9756-9997

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2024.72.3.4