| Abstract [eng] |
The especially dangerous contagious diseases were very important in every century. From the 19th century comparing to the Medieval centuries there were less cases of especially dangerous contagious diseases in Europe and at the last time that cases became very rare. But the World Health Organization warns – people have to stay careful because various dangerious contagious diseases like plague or cholera are still common in such Asia countries like India, China, in Africa continent and in Arabic countries too. According to the Health Care minister’s order of Dangerous and especially dangerous contagious diseases, the especially dangerous contagious diseases are classified like that:  Plague,  Cholera,  Monkey’s variola,  The yellow fever,  The viral haemorrhage fever. On this Master’s Final Thesis the most information is concentrated on plague history in Lithuania in 14th – 18th centuries, because plague was the most important reason of the country’s population demographic changes. These Thesis will fill the section of medicine’s history part of the contagious diseases in 14th – 18th centuries. The syphilis is mentioned on that Thesis too, because this disease is classified as dangerous contagious disease on the list of dangerous contagious diseases by the order of minister. Cholera and variola are important for Lithuania’s medicine history too, but knowing because the diseases started in a country just from the 19th century, so we are not talking lot about that diseases on Master’s Thesis. The structure of Master’s Final Thesis: 1. The Especially Dangerous Contagious Diseases in Lithuania in 14th century, 2. The Especially Dangerous Contagious Diseases in Lithuania in 15th century, 3. The Especially Dangerous Contagious Diseases in Lithuania in 16th century, 4. The Especially Dangerous Contagious Diseases in Lithuania in 17th century, 5. The Especially Dangerous Contagious Diseases in Lithuania in 18th century. The information for the Master’s final thesis is taken from the Lithuanian national historical archive, the printed sources, the publications of the other countries scientists, which are available on the science articles bases Science Direct and Pub Med and also it was used some PhD dissertations. |
