J. Antall szerk.: Medical history in Hungary 1972. Presented to the XXIII. International Congress of the History of Medicine / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 6. (Budapest, 1972)

E. Schultheisz and L. Tardy: The Contacts of the two Dees and Sir Philipp Sidney with the Hungarian Physicians

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: The Contacts of the two Dees.

.. London maintained close connections with his native country, he spoke in his mother-tongue with Hungarians living abroad and with those who were about to travel home, also his letters written home are Hungarian. He supported Hungarian students studying in England both financially and morally. A much more significant fact found is that when György Rákóczi I, Prince of Transylvania, made an attempt to establish an academy in the capital of his country, Kolozsvár, he intended to appoint Bánfihunyadi to its leader as a man with excellent knowledge of the English academic organization and life. Our source recalls this circumstance as follows: "...

György Rákóczi called János Bánfihunyadi home in 1633 in order to organize a body of professors here (in Kolozsvár), which would consist only of Hungarians. There cannot be any doubt about the authen ticity of this letter of invitation since it was seen by Adam Frank himself in London,"

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7 In 1646 he was about to leave fro Hungary with his wife, four children and his friend Dr. Arthur Dee, but death prevented him from realizing his plan.

48 Neither did the other member of the English — Hungarian scientist team survive him long: Arthur Dee died in September 1651. The history of Hungarian — English medical relations continues with the role of the two Doctor Brownes. 4

7 Ibid. Vol. I. 289 p. Cfr. op. cit. pp. 116, 287-290, 375, 384. 4

8 "...Als er im Alter mit dem Arthur Dee, seinem vertrauten Freunde und Sohne des Johannis Dee in sein Vaterland zurückreisen wollte, starb er zu Amsterdam, nach 1650." Adelung, J. Chr. op. cit. Vol. I., column 1397.