Kapronczay Károly szerk.: Orvostörténeti Közlemények 188-189. (Budapest, 2004)
KÖZLEMÉNYEK - COMMUNICATIONS - Kóczián, Mária - Kölnei, Lívia: The struggle of Gustav Schimert for the revival of homeopathy in Hungary(1908-1944).-Schimert Gusztáv küzdelme a magyar homeopátia újjáélesztéséért (1908-1944)
Kóczián M. — Kölnéi L.: the struggle of Gustav Schmiert. 103 he ran a surgery for patients with tuberculosis too, so homeopathy was practised in this hospital up to 1944, when Schimert left Hungary. In the 1920s Schimert had a large practice and he needed homeopathic medicines. At this time however there wasn't a reliable homeopathic pharmacy in Budapest. Schimert trained his wife to produce homeopathic drugs. He even managed to convince some chemists to produce these kinds of drugs. He considered the pharmacy of Dr Béla Nagy the Belvárosi Patika the best. In the 1930s homeopathic drugs were produced and sold in a good number of pharmacies, like in Angyal Patika, Belvárosi Patika, Turul Patika etc. Two well known German pharmaceutical companies who were dealing with complementary medicine had their agencies in Budapest, like Dr Schwabe - from Leipzig and Dr. Madaus - from Dresden. At the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s homeopathy became an important topic of discussions among physicians.The famous professor baron Sándor Korányi proved to be one of the consistent adversaries of homeopathy. He was a well known and respected physician, so his objection to homeopathy influenced physicians and pharmacists, and even the lays. Schimert attempted to popularize homeopathy in Hungary, therefore he wrote more understandable articles on this therapy published in various periodicals. He was in contact with Rudolf Novak és Társa publishing house. The most important homeopathic literature from Germany was available in Rudolf Novak's popular bookshop. Novak published the Schimert's main work entitled Allopathy. Homeopathy. Homeotherapy in the light of modern scientific research. The work was written in Hungarian. 4. The climax and the declining period J 935-1944 Thanks to Gustav Schimert's struggle the 10 th Congress of the International Homeopathic Medical League was held in Budapest, in 1935. Nearly 150 homeopaths from 22 countries participated in the congress, among others Árpád Schilling, from Rumania. Dr Elemér Balogh - the president of the Hangya Szövetség - was the most important supporter of the event. Schimert published a periodical entitled Homeotherapia, the first was issued in June and the second in August in 1935. The first issue contained the schedule of the congress. It emphasized the importance of Budapest being a significant bath town. The congress took place in the Hotel Gellért and Palace Lloyd from the 19 th to the 25 th of August in 1935. Before and after the three-day scientific lectures the participants had opportunities to get to know Budapest and to relax. Parties, bath-excursions, sight-seeing tours and cultural programs were organized for them. They attended the celebration of August the 20 th , took a pleasure boat trip at night on the Danube, visited the lake Balaton. The scientific lectures took three days in four sections. Among the lecturers were to be found Schimert's Hungarian followers too. It was a team of young medics and doctors, like Sándor Margittai, Ferenc Macskássy, Ferenc Nádosi. Ferenc Kiss the well known professor of anatomy also took part in the congress too. He wasn't a homeopath, although he accepted homeopathic methods in medicine. On the other hand Kiss and Schimert ran a protestant Free Church together. Later on, János Szentágothai who was the second born son of Schimert became the college of professor Kiss as an anatomist. Together they published a worldwide known atlas of the human body.
