Constantin Ardeleanu published an article titled “Alexandru Tălăşescu (1862-1932): medic bacteriolog şi patriot protocronist” in the collective volume “Națiuni, naționalism și perspective interetnice în Transilvania. In honorem Sorin Mitu la 60 de ani”, edited by Constantin Bărbulescu, Ion Cârja, Marius Eppel, Andrea Fehér, Vlad Popovici, Ana Victoria Sima, Lucian Turcu, Mega, Cluj, 2025.
This biographical study traces the life and work of Alexandru Tălășescu (1862–1932), a pioneering Romanian bacteriologist, epidemiologist, and fervent nationalist. Trained under Victor Babeș, Tălășescu played a key role in modernizing Romania’s public health infrastructure, mainly through his contributions to bacteriology and his leadership as chief medical officer in the port of Constanța. His research addressed diseases like rabies, cholera, tuberculosis, and pelagra, and he advocated for systemic reform in public health and sanitary diplomacy. Beyond medicine, Tălășescu was deeply involved in cultural and nationalist movements, producing literary works rooted in protocronist and mytho-historical visions of Romanian origins. His later years were marked by an increasing shift toward cultural activism and linguistic purism.
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