Palla Ákos szerk.: Az Országos Orvostörténeti Könyvtár közleményei 6-7. (Budapest, 1957)

Dr. TARDY LAJOS: Az első magyar „sub auspiciis” orvosdoktor

St. Petersburg and acts the same time as the secretary of the scientific society of doctors. It is to be noted that at that time many Hungarian doctors are active in Russia, for example Ferenc Keresztury, the professor of surgery at the university of Moscow, János Orlay, who later becomes court physician and a famous historian, etc. Reineggs dies young. He is not even 49, when death puts an end io his further great plans to travel to Tibet and India. The travels and activities of Reineggs and count Koháry constitute an interesting chapter in the history of Gruzian

—Hungarian relations. Jacob Reineggs, the first doctor of medicine to graduate ,,sub auspiciis" at the Hungarian university of Szombathely, the reformer known in Gruzian history by the name of „Jacub bey" is undoubtedly such a great figure in medical history and cultural history that he merits a special place in the garner of traditions, a place he so well deserves because of his progressive thinking and his activities as a reformer.