In the history of medicine, Constantin Ion Parhon is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Constantin Ion Parhon as Romanian neuropsychiatrist, endocrinologist and politician (1874-1969).
Constantin Ion Parhon was born at Câmpulung in 1874. His recorded nationality is Romania. He trained at University of Bucharest and Union National College in Focșani.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and University of Bucharest.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Order of Lenin.
That the work was done from Romania matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Constantin Ion Parhon died in 1969, aged 95. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of Lenin
- Held posts at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and University of Bucharest
