Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 66-68. (Budapest, 1973)

FORUM - Semmelweis kórtörténetének nyomában — Bécs és Budapest levelezése (magyar, angol és német nyelven)

struggled with the keepers and wanted to jump out of the window. He could pronounce with certain words with difficulty, a "soft babbling" is reported. His steps were uncertain, with huge strides and as if he were dragging his right leg. Bursts of fury turn him black in the face, make him tremble and breath astmathically. The deformations on the hand are indolent, they spread quickly. Bandaging or treatment of the hand he refuses to accept. On 12th August 1865 he is hardly to talk to, he is lisping nonsence, on the next day On the evening he dies. The body is taken to the Pathological Anatomical Institute of Rokitansky. The post mortem examination was carried out by Meynert and Scheuthauer the results of which is reported in the enclosed separatum of Schönbauer. It is tobe noted that the first son of Semmelweis born on 14th October 1858 died after 36 hours. The post mortem examination established Hydrocephalus. The second child died in 4 months, probably in peritonitis (Schürer-Waldheim, p. 125). Professor Georg Gortvay, Budapest VIII. Üllői út 26 has already asked me on account of Mildner. Emanuel Mildner comes from Preitenhofen in Bohemia, he studied in Prag and then worked in the Vienna, later Prag and again in the Vienna mental hospital. In 1865 the administration of the hospital passed from the state to the land of Lower Austria. Mildner was employed as head physician until he became director of the Irren-Siechenn- und Versorgungsanstalt in Klosterneuburg which was established in 1870 as "filiale" of the Vienna Institution and served to accept undangerous woman mental patients. Mildner retired in 1880 and died on 8th. December 1881. Undoubtedly was Mildner of no great significance. During his activity in the provincial men al hospital his superior was director Joseph Riedel who is considered as one of the reformers of the Austrian psychiatry, (cf. also SchürerWaldheim, p. 220.) Riedel was by all means in possession of the psychiatric knowledge of his age. I think, dear Sir that I have answered your questions nevertheless I ask you to dispense with the evalution for the moment until I present my publication referred to at the beginning of my letter. yours sincerely, Dr. M. Jantsch m.p.