Professor Dr. Alexandru Obregia - A New Album
Alexandru Obregia (b. Iassy/ Iași 20.07. 1860 d.24.07. 1937 Bucharest/București) leading Romanian psychiatrist and medical organizer;
- 1888 MD after studies in Bucharest;
- 1888-1891 specializes in psychiatry and neurology in Berlin and Paris;
- 1893 psychiatrist in Bucharest ( Ospiciul „Mărcuţa”)
- 1899-1901 and 1905-1907: directed the Sanitary Service of Romania (“Serviciul Sanitar al Ţării”) (with functions equivalent to a Minister of Health), position in which (in 1900) he started the construction of 34 hospitals (Spitalele jubiliare „Regele Carol I”)
- 1905 director of the „Mărcuţa” Hospice.
- 1909 Professor of psychiatry in Bucharest
- 1922 President of the Romanian Society of Psychiatry
- 1923 Innaugurates the Central Hospital for Nervous and Psychic Disorders in Bucharest; from 1998 on, it bears his name.
For more information, see: Riga and Riga: www.revista-studii-uvvg.ro/index.php?option=com_content&a... and ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Obregia )
He was son of Alecu Obreja (1827-1895) and Ecaterina Obreja (born Xantopol); he had two brothers Anastasie Obreja (1864-1937; who became Professor of Chemistry at the Iassy University), Grigore Obreja (became lawyer) and a sister, Eugenia. He married Christine Walaschek. They had three children : Alexandru, Nicoletta and Maria Romana.
Mrs.Lilian Theil (born Obregia), to whom I am deeply grateful, is daughter of his son Alexandru; she offered me for study and uploading on flickr, a suitcase containing the photos of her grandfather. The collection is heterogeneous, it covers the history of the family between the late 1850’s and the 1930’s. One album, perhaps that of Alexandru Obregia, contains photographs of his family, of his colleagues and of his friends. Another album, perhaps that of his wife, is devoted mainly to the Walaschek family and the Obregia children. Unfortunately, only part of the photos contain clues for a proper identification of the people portrayed. On the other hand, some of the photos had borders (or corners) cut, in order to make them fit the narrow orifices of the album pages. Despite all these, I found the collection of great interest, particularly, for the history of photography in Romania.
Photographer: Foto Julietta, Calea Victoriei 78, Bucharest, Romania
Date: probably 1910 ( on the reverse Foto "Julietta" is described as "provider of the Royal Court of Romania and of the Archdukal Court of His Imperial and Royal Highness Franz Ferdinand" - the visit to Bucarest of Franz Ferdinand, took place in Novembre 1909)
Format: cabinet card
Professor Dr. Alexandru Obregia - A New Album
Alexandru Obregia (b. Iassy/ Iași 20.07. 1860 d.24.07. 1937 Bucharest/București) leading Romanian psychiatrist and medical organizer;
- 1888 MD after studies in Bucharest;
- 1888-1891 specializes in psychiatry and neurology in Berlin and Paris;
- 1893 psychiatrist in Bucharest ( Ospiciul „Mărcuţa”)
- 1899-1901 and 1905-1907: directed the Sanitary Service of Romania (“Serviciul Sanitar al Ţării”) (with functions equivalent to a Minister of Health), position in which (in 1900) he started the construction of 34 hospitals (Spitalele jubiliare „Regele Carol I”)
- 1905 director of the „Mărcuţa” Hospice.
- 1909 Professor of psychiatry in Bucharest
- 1922 President of the Romanian Society of Psychiatry
- 1923 Innaugurates the Central Hospital for Nervous and Psychic Disorders in Bucharest; from 1998 on, it bears his name.
For more information, see: Riga and Riga: www.revista-studii-uvvg.ro/index.php?option=com_content&a... and ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Obregia )
He was son of Alecu Obreja (1827-1895) and Ecaterina Obreja (born Xantopol); he had two brothers Anastasie Obreja (1864-1937; who became Professor of Chemistry at the Iassy University), Grigore Obreja (became lawyer) and a sister, Eugenia. He married Christine Walaschek. They had three children : Alexandru, Nicoletta and Maria Romana.
Mrs.Lilian Theil (born Obregia), to whom I am deeply grateful, is daughter of his son Alexandru; she offered me for study and uploading on flickr, a suitcase containing the photos of her grandfather. The collection is heterogeneous, it covers the history of the family between the late 1850’s and the 1930’s. One album, perhaps that of Alexandru Obregia, contains photographs of his family, of his colleagues and of his friends. Another album, perhaps that of his wife, is devoted mainly to the Walaschek family and the Obregia children. Unfortunately, only part of the photos contain clues for a proper identification of the people portrayed. On the other hand, some of the photos had borders (or corners) cut, in order to make them fit the narrow orifices of the album pages. Despite all these, I found the collection of great interest, particularly, for the history of photography in Romania.
Photographer: Foto Julietta, Calea Victoriei 78, Bucharest, Romania
Date: probably 1910 ( on the reverse Foto "Julietta" is described as "provider of the Royal Court of Romania and of the Archdukal Court of His Imperial and Royal Highness Franz Ferdinand" - the visit to Bucarest of Franz Ferdinand, took place in Novembre 1909)
Format: cabinet card