Kapronczay Károly szerk.: Orvostörténeti Közlemények 202-205. (Budapest, 2008)

TANULMÁNYOK — ARTICLES - PÁLVÖLGYI Balázs: A trachoma elleni védekezés megszervezése Magyarországon (1884-1903)

Since the spread of trachoma could not be stopped by these measures, a new and effective solution had to be found. A new article was created for this purpose, the so called fifth article of the year 1886 „On preventing the spread of trachoma", which placed the burden of expenses for treatment - in case of lack of means - on the state budget. The government set up specialized professional training and the opthalmological hospital system became specialized and modernised with the establishment of special trachoma hospitals, or - in public hospitals - opthalmological wards. Although the first preventative measures were taken during the period mentionned above, the disease itself persisted, still occurring in large numbers of cases as late as the end of the Second World War.