Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 78-79. (Budapest, 1976)

TANULMÁNYOK - Ritóókné Szalay Ágnes: Balsaráti Vitus János — magyar orvosdoktor a 16. században

5. The priest-doctor, 1571 — 1575. After having been priest at Olaszliszka for a year he was invited to Sárospatak. He found his real manner of living there gathering care both for bodies and souls. Invalids came to him from long distances. They were nursed in the house of his own that was also a hospital and pharmacy (with a garden for medicinal herbs) at the same time. He accepted fee only from riches. He took a great care also for the College of Sárospatak, partly by himself, partly by his brother-in-law, Balázs Szikszai Fabricius. Szikszai Fabricius made the first Latin-Hungarian dictionnary containing the word material in groups according to subject matters. Its part of natural history increased a real independent text-book with a large word material and citations on literatur. This part of the dictionnary may have been written by Balsaráti Vitus. Since the College was attended by a large number of Transylvanians too, Balsaráti Vitus' educational influence irradiated into Transylvania. The increased interest in natural sciences in Transylvania appeared at the end of the 16th century could be traced to his activity. So his work was important not only in the respect of medicine but also that of forming the mind. He had not been yet 46-year-old when he died on 7th April, 1575. Á. RITOÓK SZALAY, Mrs. Dr. phil. Senior Research Fellow at the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences MTA Könyvtára H-1054 Budapest, Akadémia u. 2. Hungary