How epidemics were defeated by our ancestors

Authors

  • M.P. Chaban Editorial Office of the Regional Newspaper “Zorya”, Dnipro, Ukraine
  • Z.I. Shevtsova State Institution “Institute of Gastroenterology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, Dnipro, Ukraine
  • V.V. Gaponov State Institution “Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”, Dnipro, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22141/2308-2097.55.1.2021.229438

Keywords:

epidemic, cholera riot, doctors-associates, Katerynoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) region

Abstract

The article presents an uncompromising struggle of doctors with infections at the turn of the 19–20th centuries in the Katerynoslav region. The major epidemics at that time were: cholera, smallpox, diphtheria, plague, spotted and relapsing fevers and so on. Statistic data are provided on the spread of epidemics in the Katerynoslav region. The methods of fighting infectious diseases have been described.

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References

Chaban NP. There would be no happiness, but misfortune helped. Sobytie. 2020 Jun 10;(1241):23. (in Russian).

Chaban NP. They took the vaccine and lay in a fever... Sobytie. 2020 Apr 22;(1234):23. (in Russian).

Pidmogyl'nyj V. V epidemichnomu baraci: narys [In an epidemic barracks: an outline]. Kyiv, Leipzig: Ukrai'ns'ka nakladnja; 1922. 47 p. (in Ukrainian).

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Published

2021-09-06

How to Cite

Chaban, M., Shevtsova, Z., & Gaponov, V. (2021). How epidemics were defeated by our ancestors. GASTROENTEROLOGY, 55(1), 62–66. https://doi.org/10.22141/2308-2097.55.1.2021.229438

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 1 (2021)

Section

History of Medicine

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Copyright (c) 2021 M.P. Chaban, Z.I. Shevtsova, V.V. Gaponov

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