Kapronczay Károly szerk.: Orvostörténeti Közlemények 182-185. (Budapest, 2003)
KÖZLEMÉNYEK - COMMUNICATIONS - MUZUR, Amir: Hungarian doctors and the „Golden Age" (1884-1914) of Opatija (Croatia). (Magyar orvosok és Abbázia „aranykora") (1884-1914)
joined by his partner and brother, Zoltán Lakatos (born in 1882 in Vasvár, as a child of Henrik Lakatos and Teréz Sonnenfeld). While the trace of Viktor is lost in the 1930s, we know the fate of both Zoltán and that of his son Albert, who died in 1944 in Italy, after they had been abducted by the Nazis. 18 In the Lakatos sanatorium worked Dr. Sándor Lehel, who had come to Opatija in 1921, and died probably in 1940 in Italy. In 1934 came Sándor Ledermann (born in 1907 in Karcag) to Opatija. For a short period, he visited patients in Villa Gemma, but moved on to Calcutta in 1938. Similar destinations were followed by Dr. István Sas (born in 1904 in Jászberény, arrived to Opatija in 1932), 19 Ede Krausz (arrived to Rijeka/Fiume in 1892, from Kéthely; in Opatija from 1930, but got a dentist license only in 1936), and Ernő Weisz (arrived in 1939 from Labin, Istria; emigrated in 1941). After the Second World War once again, the world woke up in essentially rearranged relations and borders. Other languages became official, other political barriers were installed. Time was needed for the wounds to be cured. But we have lived long enough to see yet even this situation changing. The question that equally troubles the caterers, politicians, and historians of Opatija nowadays is: whether - once upon a time - could Opatija have again been attractive for dozens of Hungarian physicians and thousands of Hungarian guests, 20 and with the development of new health tourism initiatives and capacities, would it be possible to revive the good old times? AMIR MUZUR, MD, MA, PhD Department of History of Medicine University of Rijeka School of Medicine Brace Branchetta 20 51000 Rijeka, CROATIA SUMMARY At the turn of the 20 lh century, in the frame of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Hungarian enterpreneurs - backed by the Hungarian government - attempted to launch a "Hungarian area" on the Adriatic coasts with the center of Crikvenica and Abbázia (presently Opatija). (This time Fiume (Rijeka), as the only Hungarian seaport has been partly possessed and governed by Hungarians). Author gives a short overview on these attempts with a special regard to the activity of Hungarian physicians on the Adriatic coasts, especially in Abbázia (Opatija) and to the health resorts founded by them, respectively. He calls our attention to the fact, that as a result of the activity of Hungarian physicians and enterpreneurs this period proved to be the so called "golden age" of Abbázia and of its environment. 18 Morgani, Teodoro. Ébrei di Fiume e di Abbázia ( 1441-1945). Roma: Carucci, 1979. 19 DAR [Rijeka State Archives]. JU-30, box 225, 226, and 227. 20 For a short overview of some of the famous Hungarian guests visiting Opatija, see Muzur, Amir, "Doprinos madarskog elementa razvoju zdravstvenog turizma u Opatiji." (Contribution of Hungarian Element to the Development of Health Tourism in Opatija). Turizam 45, no. 9-10 (1997) 248-251.
