Antall József – Buzinkay Géza szerk.: Népi gyógyítás Magyarországon / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 7-8. (Budapest, 1975)

Hoppál Mihály—Törő László: Népi gyógyítás Magyarországon (magyar és angol nyelven)

104 Comm. Hist. Artis Med. Suppl. 7—8. (1975) A review of studies published since 1945 indicates a list of approximately 100 titles. These consist largely of brief documentary or commentary notes on specialized aspects of folk medicine. Examples aria the brief article in Magyar Nyelv on the "frighten ring"

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2 a documentary note on the healing of smallpox in Transylvania,

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3 the essays of Gyula Csefkó,

14 the valuable notations of the linguist Ödön Beke.

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5 All these works are contributions from specialized areas to a future synthesis of folk medicine. Outstanding among these monographic studies are the writings of Béla Gunda, professor of ethnology at the University of Debrecen, particularly on migrating Rumanian and Slovak folk healers, the peddlers of medications, on gipsy healers, and on methods healing among the Magyars and the Danube Swabians.

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6 Also notable are the publications of József Bencze on empirical healing methods among Hungarians, on medicinal baths used by Hungarian peasants, on the healing methods of fumigation, opening of arteries, cupping.

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7 Linguistic studies have traditionally been of much value for ethnography, including folk medicine. A significant contribution is the publication of a 17th century Slovak medical treatise by Gyula Décsy.

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8 Gábor O. Nagy has explored the origins and semantic analysis of folk idioms, many of which relate to folk medicine.

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9 Of primary research value is the monumental publication of Ferenc Schräm on Hungarian witchcrafttrials, 1529—1768, a two-volume collection with a rich source of information on many aspects of ethnomedicine.

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0 Two specialized studies have treated the personalities of folk medicine: one has studied the village healer, the other analyzes data on the healer-sorserers of the Hungarian shamanist period.

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1 The promising explorations of Vilmos Diószegi have been cut short by his untimely death. In his completed work he has analyzed and demonstrated the Shamanist relationships of the early Hungarian folk beliefs, thus extending the pioneering works of earlier ethnologists.

22 He has done essential studies on folk beliefs and folk idioms relating to folk medicine, including the use of verbal and non-verbal formulas, the healing traditions of traditional ethnic groups such as the Széke ÿs and Csángós and the medical knowledge of the shamans.

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2 Erdődi, 1954. 1

3 Faragó, 1947. 1

4 Csefkó, 1927, 1930. 1

5 Beke, 1947, 1948, 1949. 1

6 Gunda, 1954, 1956, 1962, 1964. 1

7 Bencze, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1967. 1

8 Décsy, 1956 1

9 O. Nagy, 1965. 2

0 Schräm, 1970. 2

1 Ferenczy, 1959. and Pais, 1975. 2

2 Bán, 1908, Sebestyén, 1920. 2

3 Diószegi, 1957, L960.A., 1960.B., 1958, 1962.