Learning from History Wisdom: the 5th International Congress of Talasotherapy, May 23rd-30th, 1928, Romania; where we were 100 Years ago?

Abstract

The article is a remembering of the status of Romanian balneology 100 years ago by underlining the national and international impact of International Congress of Thalasotherapy organised in 1928 in our country, in the context of blooming development of Romania in the time between the First and the Second World War. Information published in journals, articles and books of balneology were used and interpreted (“Curierul Băilor”-“The Courier of Baths, Climatic Resorts and Tourism”, “Revista de Hidrologie Medicala si Climatologie”-“The Magazine of Medical Hydrology and Climatology”, numbers published in 1928 and special editions dedicated to the International Congress of Thalasotherapy and National Balneal, Climatic and Touristy Exhibition). Internationally, the Congress represented a unique chance to inform Europe especially about the Romanian scientific concerns and activity in the field of balneology and thalasotherapy and about the potential of Romanian seaside in therapy, touristy and entertainment at the beginning of the 20th century. The Romanian balneal potential should be continue re-evaluated, associating the efforts of medical, economic and political powers, achieving the level of of the European development