Esztergom Évlapjai 2000

SZÁLLÁSI Árpád: Balassi Bálint halála

IRODALOM 1. Balassi Bálint: Összes versei, Szép magyar comoediája és levelezése. Bp. 1968, 190. 2. Csorba Csaba: Esztergom hadi krónikája. Bp. 1978,136-143. 3. GUIART, Jules: Histoire de la médecine francaise. Nagel, Paris, 1947. 4. IPOLYI Arnold: Veresmarty Mihály XVII. századi magyar író élete és munkái. Bp. 1875,1595. MAYER Ferenc Kolos: Az orvostudomány története. Bp. Eggenberger K. 19296. NEMESKÜRTY István: Balassi Bálint. Bp. 1978. 7. RÉCSEI Viktor: Balassi Bálintnak Esztergom alá való készülete és eleste. Esztergom Évlapjai 1905. 598. SZUMOWSKI Ulászló: Az orvostudomány története. MOKTK, Bp. 1939Árpád SZÁLLÁSI BÁLINT BALASSI HUNGÁRIÁN POET'S WOUND AND DEATH Bálint Balassi, the first Hungárián poet who wrote in his native language got a mortal wound during the siege of Esztergom Castle on 19 May 1594. A buliét went through both of his thighs, but hurt no bones. According to a witness, Sándor Dobokay, a Jesuit priest a debate arouse between the Hungárián and the Italian army surgeons about how to tend the serious wound. It is now impossible to trace back what the cause of the debate was. Whether it was the choice between the traditional way, that is to bum the lacerated part with hot oil or the method of the French Ambroise Pare, that is to tie down the bleeding veins and put a bandage on it. In the circumstances of the time blood poisoning (pyaemia) would have come about in any case. Balassi suffered for another six days in a serious feverish condition but with clear consciousness and he was relieved by death on 30 May. He bid farewell to the life of the bordér fortress soldiers with the words of Vergil. 43