Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 64-65. (Budapest, 1972)

KISEBB KÖZLEMÉNYEK - Varannai, Gyula: Aszklepiosz a magyar éremművészetben (angol nyelven)

otherwise outstanding surgeon. Both medals of Zutt are noteworthy as prototypes of Art Nouveau in Hungary. (Fig. 5.) A medal composed by Erzsébet Esseő Ín 1918 with head surgeon Ernő Pető as her model presents a rather peculiar scene. Doing away with all conventions Aesculap is using the serpent as a whip to drive away the sand-glass holding Death. Both this presentation and the front side showing the head surgeon in uniform recalls the atmosphere of the Great War. (Fig. 6.) Árpád Teleki prepared a medal for the Human Protection Congress of 192G. One can see a couple accompanied by the figure of Asklepios who is protecting them from Death lurking behind them. A medal minted for the International Stomatological Congress held in Budapest in 1931 is the work of Lajos Berán. Here the old Asklepios is giving a burning night-light to his daughter Hygieia, the godess of health symbolizing the never ceasing efforts of the physician to restore health. (Fig. 7.) The bronze medal of two professors of surgery, József Kovács and Miksa Schächter was composed in a similar vein by Pál Vincze of London, a native of Hungary. Here old Asklepios is sitting with his disciple who follows him with keen interest and is about to carve the teachings of the master into a waxen tablet. The plaque with a diameter of 105 mm was presented by the Budapest Medical Association in every year to an outstanding physician who returned the honour with a memorial lecture. (Fig. 8.) Another medal by Pál Vincze is the 45 mm bronze medal of the Grünwald Sanatorium in Budapest. It depicts an ideal couple. The woman on the sofa does not look ill at all, Asklepios is a relatively young, beardless, muscular man whose approach is nearer to courting than curing. It might be noted that according to Pausanias King Dionysius had ordered that the beard must be removed from the gold statue of Asklepios of Epidaurus because it is not becoming for Fig. 5 Fig. 6