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ESSAYS-LECTURES - M. Kaba: Aesculapius ab Aquinco (in German)
Marcvs Marcellus . (C L III 3413) Asclepio et Hygiae Mar(cus) Mercellvs med(icus) svb c(ur)a(gente) P(ublio) Va[l(erio)] Praesent(e) evok(ato) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). 10. M. Kaba : Budapest Régiségei. XVIII. 11. L. Nagy: Budapest Története. 1942. 537. 12. M. Kaba : Budapest Régiségei. XVIII. 79. 13. E. Foerk : Budapest Régiségei. X. 35. 14. K. Póczy : Arch. Ért. 1964. 257. 15. C L III 595. 16. C L III 10496. 17. L. Nagy: Budapest Műemlékei. 1962. 35. 18. L. Nagy ; Aquincumi múmiatemetkezések. Diss. Pann. Ser. I. 4. 8. 19. L. Nagy : Az aquincumi orgona. Budapest. 1933. 20. C L III 10501. Die Aufnahmen wurden von János Molnár, József Harsányi, Miklós Simonffy und Tibor Szentpétery verfertigt. Summary There are numerous relics in Aquincum recalling Aesculapius : memorial tablet on the wall of the hospital, stones having inscriptions, plastic delineations and even the medicinal waters. Aquincum, the capital of Pannónia, was digged up before 200 years for the first time just by the opening of a watering-place. Now there are already 14 uncovered medicinal baths documenting the bath-cult of the ancient times. The most important among them is the bathing quarter of the palace built by the later Emperor Hadrianus, earlier propraetor of the legate of Aquincum. Similarly imposing finds are the thermae maiores nympaeum digged up in the recent years in the camp of the steady legion of Aquincum (Leg. II. Adi.). After Rome and the North-African Lambesis is Aquincum the third on the list of the richest collection of the stone-relics having inscriptions respecting medicine. There were found in the graves of physicians as well, as objects of the wellequipped hospital: numerous various bronze, bone medical instruments, drug-box of bronze, medicine-bottles. At the digging up became visible the ground-plan of the hospital together with the memorial tablet, on which the inscription is calling Aesculapius as the genius of the hospital. We know from here the most beautiful Pannonian relief of Aesculapius and Hygieia. The well-built aqaeducts led the medicinal water into the town and the baths. People were coming here from distant lands to get relaxation. The antropological examination of the mummy-remains of two graves showed rheumatic alterations in the knee-joints of the corpses. Beside of the physical treatment we can registrate the prints of psychological therapy too. The only preserved Roman organ of the world was found here in Aquincum. According to an inscription of a sarcophagus, Aelia Sabina organ-artist and singer, played often on it and brought many refreshing hours for the inhabitants of the city. 54
