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TANULMÁNYOK - Ehrentheil, O. F.: Oliver Wendell Holmes és Semmelweis Jgnác egy és negyed századról visszatekintve (angol nyelven)

microbe from a sick woman to a healthy woman"., And when Hervieux retorted that he was convinced that no one would ever find the microbe, Pasteur darted to the blackboard replying: "There it is"., and he drew the organisms shaped like strings of beads which are now so well known under the name of streptococcus. [39]. There exist many biographies of Holmes. Also his non-medical writings contain much autobiographical material [9]. The recent biography of Semmelweis by Gortvay and Zoltán [19a] is fascinating and a thorough scholarly work (translated into English by Eva Rona). A novel based on life and work of Semmelweis was written by Morton Thompson with the title: "The Cry and the Covenant." [40] Baron Alfred v. Berger [41] wrote a short story about Semmelweis and he sees in his tragedy a typical Austrian fate without denying his Hungarian accent. Berger was able to portrait the thinking and struggle of the great man but many details are obviously invented. It is a novel and not a biography.* REFERENCES and REMARKS The book call numbers (Call #) in the Countway Library of Medicine, Boston are listed in parenteses. 1. Hippocrates: The Genuine Works. Translated from the Greek by Francis Adams. London, Sydenham Society, 1849. Vol. I. On Ancient Medicine, # 12, p 168. (Call # l-H-34) 2. Holmes, Oliver Wendell: The contagiousness of puerperal fever. New Engl. Quarterly J. of Med. & Surg. April 1843 pp 25—60. Reprinted with additions: Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence. Boston, Tickner& Field. 1855. (Call # 25A-573 No, 11); included in collection of med. essays: Currents and Counter Currents in Medical Science. Boston, 1861. (Cal # l-E-583) 3. Editorials (unsigned but known to have been written by Ferdinand Hebra) a) Zeitschr. d. Gesellschaft d. Aerzte zu Wien I

V/2, pp 242—244 Wien 1847/1848 see also ref. 24 pp 23, 24. b) Zeitschr. d. Gesellschaft d. Aerzte zu Wien V/l pp 64, 65 Wien 1848/1849 see also ref. 24 pp 24, 25. 4. Bruck, Franz: Semmelweis. Der Begründer der Anti- und Aseptik. Berlin, Hans Pusch 1921 (Call # p 603) 5. See ref, 2, 6, 7, 8, 24, 32b, 34, 35. 6. Gordon, Alexander: Treatise on the Epidemie Puerperal Fever of Aberdeen London, 1795. (Call # l-Mv-p5) 7. Collins, Robert: A Practical Treatise on Midwifery, London, Longman, etc., 1835. (Call # 25-A-17) a) p 390. 8. Sinclair, Sir William J.: Semmelweis, His Life and His Doctrine. Manchester, at the University Press, 1909. a) p 338, b) p 353, c) p 354, d) p 101, e) pp 271-274,/; p 259 (Call # l-Ea-188) * Words of thanks are due to the excellent institution of the Countway Medical Library in Boston and especially to the librarians of the Rare Book Department. In the references I have listed the Countway Library call number of all quoted books. Quoted Journal articles were all checked and are extant in the Countway Library.