J. Antall szerk.: Medical history in Hungary. Presented to the XXII. International Congress for the History of Medicine / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 4. (Budapest, 1970)
ESSAYS-LECTURES - G. Buzinkay: Sanitary References in Kelemen Mikes's Letters from Turkey (in English)
Hungarians—since in the previous years he had already done such work [40], It is a pity that no further data have been available about either of them [41]. In spite of Baron's as well as Spatz's services, it is rather surprising that in describing the illnesses and diseases, Mikes makes no mention of medical assistance, although in every instance he mentions autopsy. From all this, only one obvious conclusion can be drawn, namely that no remarkable physician lived in Rákóczi's court, Mikes had no knowledge of some more significant medical activities. This much can, for the time being, be said about the medical aspects of Rákóczi's exile court in Turkey, drawing from Kelemen Mikes's letters as from primary sources. The letters of César de Saussure (1731—1739 and 1740), Ferenc Rákóczi's autobiography, the Confessions (which he wrote until 1719), and Turkish documents [42] referring to the exiles served as complements to the picture, not altering, however, the fact that it is but a fragmentary mosaic. NOTES / 1. I. Nagy : Magyarország családai czímerekkel és nemzékrendi táblákkal. Vol. VII, Pest, 1860. pp. 473 — 475. 2. A magyar irodalom története. Ed. István Sőtér. Vol. II, Budapest, 1964. p. 514. 3. Mikes Kelemen Összes művei. Ed. L. Hopp. Vol. I. Budapest, 1966. — Vol. II. Budapest, 1969. (in the following: Critical edition). 4. Critical edition, Vol. I., pp. 355 — 368. 5. K. Kemény: Erdélyi emlékírók. — Erdélyi Múzeum, 1932. 6. Critical edition, vol. I., p. 384. 7. About Mrs Miklós Bercsényi see in letter No. 44. 8. Mikes Kelemen Törökországi levelei. Arranged for publication and preface by B . Erőđi. Budapest, 1906. (In the following: Törökországi lev.) p. 206. — Letter No. 87, February 19, 1728. Rodostó. 9. Törökországi lev. p. 319. — Letter No. 165, September 15, 1741. Rodostó. 10. Törökországi lev. p. 294. — Letter No. 145. December 15, 1738. Tschernavoda. 11. Törökországi lev. p. 111. — Letter No. 49. August 22, 1723. Rodostó. 12. Gy. Magyary-Kossa : Magyar orvosi emlékek. Vol. IV. Budapest, 1940. p. 55. — T. Győry: II. Rákóczi Ferenc fejedelem és bujdosó társai betegségéről, haláláról. — Természettudományi Közlöny, 1906. pp. 670 — 679. 13. Győry, 1. c. p. 675. 14. Saussure, de Czézárnak .. . Törökországi levelei 1730—39-ből és Följegyzései 1740-ből. Published by K. Thalÿ. Budapest, 1909. p. 269. 15. Törökországi lev. pp. 151 — 157. Letters No. 64 — 68. 16. Győry, 1. c. p. 672. quotes the whole; in part: Magyary-Kossa 1. c. p. 63. 17. Törökországi lev. pp. 154 — 155. — Letter No. 66. October 29, 1725. Rodostó. 18. In letters No. 76 and 154. 19. Törökországi lev. p. 180. — Letter No. 76. September 17, 1726. Rodostó. 20. P. Apor: Metamorphosis Transsilvaniae. — Erdély öröksége vol. VII, Budapest 1941, p. 4. — Cabbage is the hero of a number of anecdotes. Its curative effect is mentioned already by Miklós Bethlen in his Autobiography. In his letter No. 56, Mikes jokingly calls it "Transylvanian coat of arms" (Törökországi lev. p. 126.) and continues like this: " ... I want to write a great book IOO
