Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 57-59. (Budapest, 1971)

KISEBB KÖZLEMÉNYEK — ELŐADÁSOK - Bokesová- Uherová, Mária: A nagyszombati egyetem orvostudományi karának keletkezése és szervezete (angol nyelven)

the seat of the only Hungarian university could not stand long. Already at that time there was talk of the capital of Hungary, Buda, as the seat of the university. When all the controversial questions had been solved, all the highest state institutions were united in the final reading of the proposal for establishing the faculty of medicine at the Tyrnavia University, which for the time was to remain where it was. This proposal was also approved by the sovereign who gave her approval by a letter on 9th November 1769. This decision was made known by the governmental council on I4th December of the same year. In the course of the year 1770, when on 29th November the school term of the newly founded faculty had begun, the realization of reforms was carried out in the spirit of principles which were applied at the Vienna University. The Tyrnavia University, through the intermediary of the Hungarian royal council of representatives was subject to state control. All its needs were to be financed by the state. Other decisions were also made, such as the influence of the state in its management, the autonomy of the university reduced to the lowest degree and especially the elimination of the influence of the Jesuit Order. The director of the University, entrusted with its administration, was named by the sovereign herself. Similarly, each faculty was to have its director. The staff of faculty directors were to have their share in the administration of the University and represent its interests before state offices. Besides the solution of special problems they were in charge of disciplinary actions in the case of both professors and students. In the period of preparatory work all the faculties, with the exception of the medical faculty, received their statutes which contained directions for their professional activity. The organization of the faculty of medicine was decided upon according to the principle of conformity with the Vienna Medical Faculty. The number of departments and professors was fixed to the number of five. In this framework were taught all the subjects of theoretical medical sciences, practice of internal medicine, surgery together with obstetrics and ophthalmology. From the natural sciences it was botany and chemistry, with a view to the needs of medicine, which formed the subject matter of a common independent department. All the five professors of the faculty as well as the director of the faculty were graduates of the Vienna Medical Faculty and therefore it was expected from them that they would fulfil their mission in the spirit of the principles of the Vienna Medical Faculty. The choice of professors, as was proved by the first years of their work, was a good one. The greatest merit, doubtless, was due to protomedicus van Swieten, who had very much at heart the good name of the Tyrnavia Medical Faculty. All of them, in spite of their age at the time of taking over this responsibility, were relatively young, having had only a few years medical practice, but very quickly adapted themselves to the new situation and performed their work conscientiously. Their work at Tyrnavia was made more difficult by the fact that they had