Organization of the »Marine Colony« for Children with Tuberculosis in Rijeka (Croatia): Entanglement between Medicine and Politics.

Tuberculosis was a major public health concern in the beginning of the 20th century. Since medications were not available at the time, therapy in general was based on health education, healing effects of climate, nutrition and rest. The Marine Colony was founded in 1924 in Rijeka, a city with turbulent political history, by the Antitubercular Consortium which was part of a planned program for the fight against tuberculosis on a national level in the whole of Italy. The Colony in Rijeka, Croatia specialised in care of children with clinical tuberculosis or under greater risk of developing disease. This article gives an overview of the medical treatment provided for children in Colony, as well as pointing out the political-agenda at that period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tuberkuloza je jedan od vodećih javnozdravstvenih problema s početka i prve polovice 20. stoljeća. Zbog nepostoja-nja adekvatnih lijekova terapija je općenito bila bazirana na zdravstvenom prosvjećivanju, pozitivnim utjecajima klime, prehrani i odmoru. 1924. godine u Rijeci, gradu turbulentne političke povijesti je osnovana »Morska kolonija« za djecu oboljelu od tuberkuloze i/ili djecu s povecanim rizikom razvoja tuberkuloze. Kolonija je bila dio programa Antituber-kuloznog konzorcija u sklopu nacionalne borbe protiv tuberkuloze Kraljevine Italije. U ovome radu podastire se pregled medicinskog tretmana djece u koloniji ali i ističe njegov izraženi političko propagandni kontekst. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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