Antall József szerk.: Pictures from the Past of the Healing Arts / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 5. (Budapest, 1972)

The Medical Historical Library

und Heilkunde in Ungarn edited by David Wachtel was important beside the periodicals published in Vienna. (It was published between 1851-1860). Afterwards the Ungarisch (later Fester) Medizinische-Chirurgische Presse (Pest, 18651916) became the most popular periodical of the German speaking physicians in Hungary. It was edited by Henrik Mangold. The volumes of both periodicals are preserved in our library. The medical organs published in the first period of the Hungarian medical literature, preceding the Compromise of 1867, are also to be found in our collection: Orvosi Heti Szemle (Medical Weekly Review) - with reviews of the articles of foreign newspapers -, Klinikai Füzetek (Clinical Booklets), Magyar Orvosi Archívum (Hungarian Medical Archives), Balneologiai Értesítő (Balneological Review), Bába-Kalauz (Midwives' Guide) a Magyar Vöröskereszt (Hungarian Red Cross), Magyar Orvosok Lapja (Journal of Hungarian Physicians), Orvosi Közlöny (Medical Review) - just to mention the few most popular ones. The periodical literature of the period 1867-1918 is almost completely present in our collection. In the 20th century the most significant papers were the Budapesti Orvosi Újság (Budapest Medical Journal) (1903-1944) and the Orvosképzés (Postgraduate Journal) which can also be found in the library. In the years following World War I. only a few periodicals of the earlier years could be published continuously, e. g. Orvosi Hetilap (Medical Weekly) Budapesti Orvosi Újság (Budapest Medical Journal), Magyar Orvosi Archívum (Hungarian Medical Archives) etc. In the post war period new periodicals were established and the process of further spezialization continued. Medical technical papers rose, too, which make ap a significant part of our collection. This period was closed by World War II, when on account of the events in 1944 all Hungarian medical papers ceased to exist. The literature of the history of pharmacology is inseparable from Hungarian medical historiography. The periodicals of Hungarian pharmacology make up a special part within the holdings of the library. Mention should be made of the Gyógyszerészi Hírlap (Pharmaceutical Journal) edited by A. Láng Ferenc in 1848 in Nyitra. Independent pharmaceutical periodicals were: Gyógyszerészi Közlöny (Pharmaceutical Review) (Budapest, 1885-1944) and Gyógyszerészi Értesítő (Pharmaceutical Gazette) (Budapest, 1896-1936). JÓZSEF ERNYEY PHARMACEUTICAL LIBRARY The József Ernyey Pharmaceutical Library is under the care of our Institute since 1968. The library includes the material of the Pharmaceutical Museum which was founded in 1908 at the initiatives of József Ernyey, collaborator of the National Museum from the endowments of the pharmacist circles. Further-