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)
L. Huszár: British Medals in the Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum in Budapest
54 Medical History in Hungary 1972 (Comm. Hist. Artis Med. Suppl. 6.) French A. C. Paquet in 1858 bears the halflenght portrait of James Buchanan, President of the United States. The legend on the reverse shows that it was offered for Frederick Rose, an English ship surgeon (1833 — 1873), for his devoted work on the American S. S. Susquehana at the outbreak of the yellow fever (B. 990, Fig. 7). The I. and II. class awards of the French Departement du Nord distributed in 1844 in connection with the smallpox vaccinations both show E. Jenner on the obverse side. They are of bronze and signed Hamel & Lecomte. Another rewardmedal is a one-side tin one showing a classical portico. (Fig. 8) It was copied from the reverse of the reward-medal of 188(5 of the Collegium Regium Mediçale in London. The obverse of the original showed the portrait of Walter Moxon (1836— 1886), a London physician. The medal — —made by Allan Wyon —was awarded in every third year in acknowledgement of clinical researches (St. 2564). Two 20th century reward-medals are interesting for their Hungarian relations. One is an oval bronze exemplar from 1907 showing Hygieia. It was awarded by the Royal Sanitary Institute to the Hungarian Alajos Mich (his name being carved on) on the occasion of the exhibition held at the time of the international congress on school hygiene. (Fig. 9) The second bears the name of Florance Nightingale (1820 — 1910) on an oval silver medal (St, 2613) and was granted by the International Council of Red Cross Societies to a Hungarian, whose name is carved on: Alice de Ibrányi. (Fig. 10) The second large group includes medals relating to various medical events, including those connected with historical personalities and events. The earliest is a recast bronze copy of Queen ("Bloody") Mary's (1553-1558) medal made by the Italian Jacopo da Trezzo. Its medical aspect lies in the legend on the reverse: "Cecis visus timidis quies" (B, 4787). Another Italian, Ottone Hamerani, made a bronze medal in 1720 celebrating the birth of ("Bonnie") Prince Charles Stuart. The obverse shows the double portrait of James III and his wife Cle- mentine (B. 4907). A tin Fig. 19a Fig. 19b Fig. 20a Fig. 20b
