Carol Davila

Carol Davila (* 1828, † August 24, 1884 ) was a Romanian physician.

Biography

Davila came from modest circumstances, was probably an abandoned child, his name Davila he got from his adoptive family.

He studied medicine at the University of Paris and graduated in February 1853. In March 1853 he came to Romania. He organized the military medical service for the Romanian army and the public health system of the country. Davila founded together with Nicolae Kretzulescu, medical education in Romania through the establishment of the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy in 1857. It was he who established the first official instructions with regard to the health care of factory workers and the division of the country into medical districts organized.

He was known due to his many activities were established by several scientific associations in Romania: the Medical Society ( 1857), the Romanian Red Cross (1876 ), the Natural History Society ( 1876). With the aid of two medical journals appeared: the Medical Register (1862 ) and the Medical Gazette (1865 ). During the Revolutionary War (1877-1878) Davila was the head of the medical service of the army. Davila is attributed to the invention, the tincture Davila, which was used in the treatment of cholera; one based on opioids oral solution for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea.

Today, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, the largest of its kind in Romania, named after him.

His wife Ana Racoviţă, a descendant of boyars families Racoviţă and Golescu, died on January 14, 1874 due to a medication mix-up. She was poisoned as a colleague of Davila gave her strychnine instead of quinine.

Alexandru Davila's son was a renowned playwright and a friend of the Romanian king Charles I..

Works

• Syphilis prophylaxis (1853 )
• Athmospheric Air ( 1871)