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TANULMÁNYOK / ARTICLES - Huszár György: Balogh Károly professzor (1895—1973) életútja és iskolája. Születésének centenáriumára. Magyar és angol nyelven

supported their decisions. His school became multifaceted, as with Balogh's help, experts in all subspecialities of stomatology and dentistry, and in many bordering disciplines, developed around him. Right after the end of World War II, Balogh, together with some of his assistants, made diligent and successful efforts to start scientific activity in stomatology. In those days specialty journals were not published. Therefore, the clinic published collections of studies. At the initiation and editorship of this writer (G.H.), the first volume, which consisted of 240 pages, was published in memory of Dénes Máthé in September 1945. Balogh wrote in the foreword: "As long as people live on this earth, this date [1945] will remind them of the beginning of a new era. We start a new life on the ruins of a bygone world and we are reviving the dying candles of the human spirit with the warmth of the souls of those who wish to serve science. ' ' The daily and weekly papers remembered this volume as the "first medical book after the siege of Budapest", proving that Balogh and his co-workers were breaking new ground. (39, 42, 48) The second volume, in memory of Henrik Salamon, was published next year under the title Progress in Stomatology and comprised 47 studies in 325 pages. (55) This was followed in 1947 by the next publication in memory of József Arkövy, entitled Practical Achievements in Stomatology, a collection of 39 studies in 260 pages. (39) In addition, two monographs were published in 1947 from his clinic: The Modern Dentist's Office by Pál Sztrilich and The Treatment of Jaw Fractures by István Szenthe. These memorial volumes made valuable contributions to the field, and also marked the return of specialty publication. The sstudies to be published in these monographs were carefully evaluated and discussed by the medical staff functioning as an editorial committee. From these discussions evolved the so-called Friday morning conferences at the Stomatological Clinic, which have continued since September 1945. These conferences were and are to this day open to non-staff physicians; thus, they could join scientific discourse. (28, 31) The conferences were organized by Balogh, who commented on the lectures and chaired the discussions, which were sometimes quite sharp, but always constructive and often spiced with a healthy dose of humor. Stomatology, previously an optional course in the curriculum of medical schools in Hungary, became a required course for medical students beginning the spring semester of the academic year 1946—47 by the order of the Secretary of Education. László Sugár wrote of this (54): ' 'Bringing stomatology into the regular curriculum was in large measure to Professor Balogh's credit, who has accomplished this by dint of his charisma, enormous energy and love of work". The Hungarian Medical Book Publishing House (MOKT), with the support of the Department of Education, published in 1948 Balogh's Textbook of Stomatology, a book of 552 pages and 718 figures. This impressive textbook was published after stomatology became a compulsory course for medical students and it was, as was stated in the foreword, written for medical students, practicing physicians and postgraduate trainees. In his foreword, the author thanks by name his 17 co-workers "whose contribution made the publication of this book possible ' '. The Textbook of Stomatology covered all branches of dentistry, including forensic dentistry, ethics in the practice of stomatology and dietetics. Until 1948, such an all encompassing textbook of stomatology had not been published in the Hungarian language. The publication of the textbook was celebrated with a dinner in a function room of the Britannia Hotel. The physicians wore formal dress and their wives evening gowns. The master of ceremonies, Privatdocent Ervin Lőrinczy, a distinguishedlooking gentleman with the comportment of a peer, addressed the dinner guests with "Dear