The care for people with rare diseases in Denmark in the first half of the 1920s : Samfundet og Hjemmet for Vanføre, Diakonissehuset St. Lukas Stiftelsens Hospital, Kolonien Filadelfia, Dansk Røde Kors and Silkeborg Bad
Journal Title: Problemy Nauk Stosowanych - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
Introduction and aim: History of healthcare in the range of rare diseases is not well described. The aim of the analysis of reports of a few Danish hospitals and sanatoria from the first half of the 1920s is to characterize medical care on people suffering from rare diseases. Material and methods: The analysis of activity of Samfundet og Hjemmet for Vanføre in Copenhagen, Diakonissehuset Sankt Lukas Stiftelsens Hospital in Hellerup, Kolonien Filadelfia in Dianalund, sanatorium of Dansk Røde Kors in Bækkelund and Silkeborg Bad in Silkeborg was undertaken using reports (primary sources) attached to Ugeskrift for Læger, the journal of the Danish Medical Association (Den Almindelige Danske Lægeforening). Results: Among patients of described hospitals and sanatoria there were persons with rare diseases, e.g. osteogenesis imperfecta and rare neoplasms as gliomatosis cerebri, vaginal cancer and retroperitoneal sarcoma. Conclusion: Medical care given by hospitals and sanatoria included treatment of rare diseases.
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Michał Marian Skoczylas
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