Valeriu Lucian Bologa and the Birth of the History of Medicine and Medical Folklore Chair at Cluj University

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  • Elena BARBULESCU Institute “Archive of Folklore of Romanian Academy”, Romanian Academy. E-mail: elena_barbulescu@yahoo.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2019.1.07

Keywords:

medical folklore, university, magic, healing practices, education.

Abstract

This article is making a summary of Valeriu Lucian Bologa’s work in the field of medical folklore, as a subfield of research set right at the foundation of the University in Cluj-Napoca in 1919 in the frame of the Faculty of Medicine, one of the first four faculties that were initially forming the Superior Dacia University. During the interwar years he brought his contribution to the field through numerous articles of popularization where his main idea was that of verifying through pharmaceutical means the empirical folk healing methods.

Rezumat: Valeriu Lucian Bologa și crearea Catedrei de Istoria medicinei și folclor medical la Universitatea din Cluj. Articolul prezent face un rezumat al muncii profesorului Valeriu Lucian Bologa în domeniul folclorului medical ca subdomeniu de cercetare apărut chiar la fondarea Universității din Cluj în 1919 în cadrul Facultății de Medicină, una din cele patru facultăți care formau inițial Universitatea “Daciei Superioare”. În perioada interbelică el și-a adus contribuția în acest domeniu prin numeroase articole de popularizare în care ideea principală era aceea de a verifica metodele populare de vindecare prin mijloace farmaceutice.

Cuvinte-cheie: folclor medical, universitate, magie, practici vindecătoare, educație.

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Published

2019-06-30

How to Cite

BARBULESCU, E. (2019). Valeriu Lucian Bologa and the Birth of the History of Medicine and Medical Folklore Chair at Cluj University. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Historia, 64(1), 157–165. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2019.1.07

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