J. Antall szerk.: Medical history in Hungary. Presented to the XXII. International Congress for the History of Medicine / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 4. (Budapest, 1970)
MEDICAL HISTORY IN HUNGARY - E. Schultheisz L. Tardy: Summing-up of the Past and Present of Hungary's Medicohistorical Research Work (in English)
The collection of biographies by Győző Zétény "Field surgeons of the Hungarian War of Indepence" (Budapest, 1948) is based on archival data. The most outstanding scholar of medicohistorical literature of the first half of the century is István Irsay (Stephen d'lrsay, 1894—1934), whose excellent works concerning the medicohistory of Medieval times have been published abroad. In addition, the names of György Diósađi Elekes and András Dadaÿ are met with frequently. Their studies contain reference material in abundance and are rich in archival data. György Elekes had made a significant attempt to start an independent periodical, "Orvostörténelem" (Medicohistory) which, however, could only be published regularly for two years (1937) [10]. Elekes' proposition for the foundation of a Society of the History of Medicine, a Museum and a Library, could only be effectuated after World War II [11]. As to the establishment of a museum of the history of medicine, a proposition by Lajos Nékám had already been made in 1918. Neither the book by Ferenc Kolozs Mayer "The History of Medical Science" (Budapest, 1927), nor Elek Hints' beautifully illustrated book planned for four volumes of which, however, only the two first ones have appeared (Vol. 1. Prehistoric and antique medical science; Vol II, Medieval medical science, Budapest, 1939) have not been aimed to report original material, but were expressively of compiling character. Sándor Székely has published a work of general medicohistory: "History of Medical Science" (Budapest, 1960). No doubt that next to Weszprémi, the most active scholar of Hungarian medical history was Gyula Magyary-Kossa (1865—1944) [12]. Following numerous studies, smaller works and some monographs, his life-work, a collection of data: "Medical Memories of Hungary" (I—IV., Budapest, 1929—1940) had been published. This work of four volumes, containing an enormous material of data has furthered to a great deal the disclosure of details of the Hungarian medical past and remained therefore our most important text-book. The most intersting memories of the Hungarian medical past had been published in a work written in German by Gyula Magyary-Kossa making it thus accessible also to the foreign reader (Ungarische mediz¡inische Erinnerungen, Budapest, 1935) (Hungarian Medical Memories). "The bibliography of Hungarian Veterinary Science" is so-to-say the completion of Tibor Győrÿs medical bibliography. Following the collection of data by Magyary-Kossa , only one such comprehensive book was published, discussing the larger part of Hungarian medical past, comprising two centuries, i.e. "The History of Hungarian Medical Culture and Hygiene of Recent Times" (Budapest, 1953), the author of which was György Gortvay . IV. After that publications, monographs, discuss the medical History in Hungary only in reference to one special field or discipline, each, i.e. some special chapter of medicohistory. Here can be listed the work by Imre Bartók: "History of Ophthalmology in Hungary" (Budapest, 1954), as also that by György Huszár: "History of Stomatology in Hungary" (Budapest, 1966). After Henrik Salamon's 19
