Health legislation in the Romanian Principalities from Organic Regulations until 1874

From the third decade of the nineteenth century, with the application of the Organic Regulation (1831-1832) in the two Romanian principalities began a process of medicalization of the population. This process was coordinated by the state. From the medical point of view there were many problems to solve. Three of them were, however, priority: the disappearance of major epidemics, lowering morbidity and prolong life expectancy. The achievements materialized in the creation of health - administrative structures both in the counties and the cities, including Craiova.