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)
G. Buzinkayt Hungarians on Great Britain, 1620—1848. (Observations on English Education and Public Health in Hungarian Travelogues)
G. Buzinkay : Hungarians on Great Britain, 1620 —1848... ßj ing. The other is Oxonium, reputed for János Casus 1'. 2 1 He made three remarks which can be related distantly to public health. One of them is a delicate remark on ladies' fashion: "All who have passed the age of 14 and have not yet passed 40 agree that if they consider they can show off with their bosoms being white and full, they reveal them proudly, hanging a precious cross in between or an Agnus Dei, as they call it". 2 2 Several data have come down to us according to which in the 16th —17th centuries Hungarian alchemists and later, in the 17th —18th centuries physicians went to England. Mention should be made of János Bánfihunyadi (1576 — 1650?) the famous alchemist who —according to Weszprémi's description —"went to England as a student and he did alchemy for a long time especially in London, ... he became a famous alchemist and obtained the worthy title of "adeptus " in Gresham College. 2, 5 He was followed by Albert Laszky, another famous alchemist. 2 4 In the light of the records, István Tolnai (1630—1690) was the first physician to have been to England. Gáspár Enyedi stayed there in 1662—64 in the retinue of Miklós Bethlen who later became chancellor of Transylvania. In the second half of the 17th century two more physicians can be mentioned: Ferenc Hunyadi and György Szilágyi ( Silvañųs ) who "...taught at public schools" 2 5 in Middlesex, near London. Dániel Vilmos Möller (1642— 1712) physician, jurist and theologian, later university professor at Altdorf University stayed in England before 1670. Mention should be made of Sámuel Köleséri (1663 — 1732) a central figure of the scientific and public life of contemporary Transylvania, who in 1729 was appointed member of the Royal Society of London, too. In 1693/94 István Huszti Szabó (1671 — 1704) "...paid a visit to the Laboratory of the Royal Society of Pharmacists in London, directed by Staphorst, the famous chemist. In Oxford he took part in several university celebrations and meetings" . 2 0 In the second half of the 1710-es András Ajtai (1672— 1733) stayed in England and then it was János György Vette who "...sailed to those happy isles, i.e. England" 2^ István Weszprémi (Csanádÿ) (1723 — 1799) one of the most outstanding physician-polyhistors in the 18th century, arrived at England around 1754—55 but —as we have seen in the 2 1 Szepsi Csombor, op. cit. 104. 2 2Szepsi Csombor, op. cit. pp. 103 — 104.; He obsreves that England is "inhabited by a beautiful womenfolk of medium height and the women are especially beautiful" clean, white and tall. .." Szepsi Csombor, op. cit. p. 103; On England in general he remarks, that "there are many hot baths in it". Ibid. In London he observes: "Not only in this town, but all over the country the custom is that people first drink in the morning and eat only afterwards and if they invite their friends for breakfast, they invite them for a glass of beer instead of a piece of roast meat. .. They give the following reason for their habit : if you want to cook, you first give the pot a rinse and put the thing to be cooked in it only afterwards." c.f. Szepsi Csombor, op. cit. 110. 2 3 Weszprémi, op. cit. pp. 25 — 27. 2 4 For further information see in this volume: Schultheisz , E. and Tardy, L. : The Contacts of the two Dees and Sir Philip Sidney with the Hungarian Physicians. 2 5 Weszprémi, op. cit. p. 333. 2 0 Weszprémi, op. cit. Vol. II. p. 205. 2 7 Weszprémi, op. cit. Vol. II. p. 423.
