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)

M. Hoppá —L. Törő: Ethnomedicine in Hungary 105 Several publications with documentary value have been published on Transylvanian folk-medical practices. Notable among these is an informative study on folk medicine in Kalotaszeg region,

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4 an interesting documentation on Csángó incantations,

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5 an article on the medicinal herb Atropa Belladonna used in the Felsőháromszék region

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6 and a chapter in the monograph of István Horváth concerning healing methods in the village of Magyarózd.

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7 In Transylvania as a whole, opportunities exist for rich and variable ethnographic collections, including artefacts, among the Hungarian population. Two interesting and highly valuable collections of data on Hungarian folk medicine have been completed recently. Dr. Andor Oláh has assembled possibly the most significant collection in ethnomedicine.

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8 As a practicing physician he has observed and recorded popular views on illnesses and healing. His collections represent a synthesis of folk medicine in Békés county with special attention to medical terminology, folk medical practices in gerontology, veterinary practices, meteorological information related to folk medicine, and medical knowledge of a village healer. (The greater part of his work is still unpublished, waiting for a printer.) Dr. Tamás Grÿñaeųs, has carried on intensive research and collections in folk medicine in Bács-Kiskun county.

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9 He has been primarily interested in peasant healers, death-watchers, leeches, in folk beliefs related to illness and the ancient healing methods of St. Anthony's fire. While in the 1950's the dominant view of folk medicine regarded it negatively as largely an outgrowth of superstition the past decade has witnessed a revision of that viewpoint and consequently systematic ethnographic collections have been initiated.

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0 Through the ųsie of questionnaires and research on folk beliefs considerable data have been collected by the late 1960's.

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1 Other sources have also produced significant information. Valuable manuscripts are submitted annually to competitions of the Ethnographic Institute. Recent research studies by professional ethnographers relating to folk medicine include a monograph on the systematization of Hungarian incantations, and the articles on folk medicine to be published as part of the Hungarian Ethnographical Dictionary. 2

4 Czimmer, 1949. 2

5 Kallós, 1966. 2

6 Kakas, 1973. 2

7 Horváth, 1973. 2

8 Oláh, 1956.

A., 1956.B., 1963—64. 2

9 Grÿñaeųs, 1962, 1963—64, 1964, 1971. 3

0 Cf. Kuruzslás és orvostudomány. Bp. é

.n.; a similar book published in Rumania. 3

1 Cs. Pócs, 1965, Pusztainé, 1967, Sós, 1965, Bene, 1964, Csiszár, 1965, 1968, Grÿñaeųs, 1963—64, 1971.