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 his work of three volumes written between 1881 and 1885 he was the first to describe "the reflex arc of equilibrium sense and its reaction to electric impulse and rotation". Sándor Korányi (1866-1944) followed his father's example and became an excellent internist. From 1908 onwards he was professor of internal medicine and he is considered and internationally reputed as the founder of up-to-date pathology and physiology of the kidneys. On the basis of the reduction of the freezing-point of blood and urine he was the first to find a satisfactory method to registrate the functions of the kidneys which is still used in a slightly modificated form (ureometry). He was the first to describe the essence of renal insufficiency and thus he became one of the founders of functional pathology. His merits as a teacher are also outstanding, he had many disciples, and created a significant school. Károly Than (1834-1908) was an internationally recognized authority of the teaching of chemistry at the university. From 1862 onwards he was professor of the Chemical Department at the University of Budapest and he initiated the establishment of the First Chemical Institute in 1872. In 1895 he founded the "Magyar Chémiai Folyóirat" ('Hungarian Chemical Journal'). He played an important part in the formation of Hungarian chemical terminology. He was editor of the chemical part of the second pharmacopoeia. The show-case demonstrating the activities of the above mentioned persons present interesting medical instruments and tools and some remarkable medico-and pharmaco-historical documents : the letter of Mihály Táncsics, writer and revolutionist of the 19th century, written to Dr József Egei who had performed a successful eye operation on him (Fig.74.). Furthermore one can see the letter of Lujza Blaha, famous singer and actress, to Vilmos Tauffer ; one of the first X-ray photographs in Hungary out of the time of the thurn of century (Fig.75.); Sándor Korányi's letter to Tauffer. Among the books mention should be made of Károly Than\ fundamental work and the first and second Hungarian Pharmacopoeia. As regards instruments and tools, the following objects are worthy of mention: a metal kit for midwives (Fig.76.), Endre Hogyes's experimental instruments for fixing hares and doves, Petz's gastric suturating machine (Fig.77.), Than's microscope; cast-iron pharmacy vessels and a leech-spoon. The medals represent the outstanding personalities of the period: Billroth , Röntgen, Högÿes (Fig. 72.), Fettenkoffer , Than , Pasteur, Beĥring, Korányi (Fig.73.) etc. This part of the exhibition presents furthermore the following exhibits: (Plate XVI.) a) The bust of József Lumniczer (Fig.77.) by Alajos Stróbl. Alajos Stróbl (1856-1926) was an outstanding Hungarian sculptor whose marble statue "Our Mother", a sitting figure of a woman was given Grand Prix in Paris in 1900. The portrait of József Lumniczer was made during World War I. The bust
