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

CONTENTS STUDIES Á. Riíoók Szalay: János Balsaráti Vitus Hungarian doctor of medicine in the 16th century 13 J.Antall — P. Doleviczenyi — K. Kapronczay

: Jan Nepomuk Czermak (1828 — 1873) one of the inventors of laryngoscopy 43 L. Mddai: Hygienic and demographic conditions in Budapest in 1870ies (in English) 57 ESSAYS M. Szlatky: Doctors' costumes for five thousand years 71 K. T. Pajorin: The Rare Book Department of the Semmelweis Medical Historical Library Ill ARTICLES - LECTURES A. Mozsolics: Hephaistos' lameness 139 I. Czagány: The influence of European medicine and pharmacy on those in Hungary during the feudal age. Part 2: 14th ct. — 1526 149 F. Benkő: Data referring to pharmacy from the 18th century Baranyi procession (Debrecen) 167 G. Buzinkay: Public health and medical society in Hungary in the comic papers, 1867-1875 175 L. Kerekes: Public health conditions in cities Pest and Buda at the time of their uniting 189 G. Silló—Seidl: The Stomach Sewing Apparatus (Aladár Petz) (in German) ... 199 D. Karasszon: Szumowski's influence on the development of medical history in Hungary (in English) ' 217 DATA Gy. Regöly-Mérei: Medical terms in ancient Egypt 219 B. Bugyi: Kálmán Rohrbacher, physicus Ordinarius in Annaberg in the 16th century 237 K. Körmendy: Máté Csanaki's medical diploma 241 M. Szepesi Benda: Imprisonment of the town medical officer of Sopron, Henricus Johannes Fridericus in 1652 243 Ö. Füves: Rule for the poorhouse of Greeks in Pest in 1836 247 G. Habermann: "Aether day" in Szeged 249 REVIEW Books 257 Periodicals 291