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

Pictures from the Past of the Healing Arts (Guide for the Exhibition)

in 1692. The original accounts of the Hospital of Sopron dating from 1586 is also displayed here. On the label of one of the early-baroque wooden pharmacy vessels one can see both the signs of the alchemists and the Latin inscription. The tin gingercontainers derive from the 17th18th century. As regards form, the pear-shaped pedestalled vessel is the most interesting among them. The seals of the guilds of surgeons in Tokaj and Győr belong to the chirurgical documents of the 17th century. Some contemporary books complete the material of this show-case

: "Emblemata et aliquot nummi..." by Ioannes Sambucus (Zsdmboki) published in 1599; "Anweisung zur Wund Arzney" (Instructions for Wound Surgery) by Jessenins (Jeszenszky) published in Nuremberg in 1674; Pax Corporis ("The Peace of the Body") by Pápai Pdriz edited in Kolozsvár in 1747. One of the most beautiful medals of the rich numismatic collection of the Museum preserves Jessenius's memory (Plate IV.).