Research Articles Issue 2 · 2016 · pp. 17–23 · Issue page

THE PHARMACY OF THE “FILANTROPIA” HOSPITALFROM CRAIOVA BETWEEN 1905-1908

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1 Ph.D., Faculty of History and Philosophy, “Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 November 2016
THIS PAPER ANALYSIS THE WAY THE PHARMACY OF THE “FILANTROPIA” HOSPITAL FROM CRAIOVA UNFOLDED ITS ACTIVITY BETWEEN1905 -1908. IN THAT PERIOD IRREGULARITIES REGARDING THE SUPPLY OF MEDICINES IN THIS HOSPITAL HAVE BEEN NOTICED. IN APRIL 1905 EDUARD KONTESCHWELLER, THE PHARMACIST, WAS THE ONLY PARTICIPANT AT THE AUCTION FORMALLY ORGANISED BY THE CITY HALL OF CRAIOVA.DESPITE THESE, HE WAS GIVEN THE CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF MEDICINES NECESSARY TO THE “FILANTROPIA” HOSPITAL.MOREOVER, THE QUANTUM OF THE PRICES APPLIED BY THIS PHARMACIST WAS LOWER THAN THE ONE FORESEEN IN THE REGULATION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL TAX. IN 1907 THE MEDICINES WERE STORED IN INADEQUATE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THE PHARMACY WAS AT THE BASEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AND THE STOCK OF MEDICINES EXCEEDED THE DEMAND.
PHARMACY MEDICINES “FILANTROPIA” HOSPITAL CRAIOVA
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