Kapronczay Károly szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 226-229. (Budapest, 1914)
TANULMÁNYOK - Južnič, Stanislav: Orvos a levegőben
132 Comm, de Hist. Artis Med. 226-229 (2014) 15/9/1811 flight over Bratislava 4/11/1811 flight over Viennese Prater with Dr. Menner21 20/ 2/ 1812 flight above Budapest 6/ 10/ 1814 flight celebrating the opening of the Viennese Peace Congress 20/11/1814 Kraskovic’s flies solo in balloon filled with hydrogen celebrating the Viennese Peace Congress 14/12/1814 Laibacher Wochenblatt reports on Kraskovitz’ birt in Camiola Early October 1815 flight celebrating the Viennese Peace Congress 29/ 5/ 1816-1817, 1820-1823 Krascovich the district physician in Dalmatia 1817 M.G. Kraskowitz reprints his translation of pamphlet against alcohol and tobacco abuse 1817-1818 Physician in Vienna 7/ 7/ 1822-23/ 7/ 1822 as Dubrovnik district physician researches the detonations on the Island Mljet22 23/ 7/1822 Dubrovnik district physician Kraskovich reports to Dubrovnik District Office and Governor General Kraskovic in Hungary Besides Kraskovic’s work in Varazdin, many of his flights were also performed in Kingdom of Hungary. Kraskovic began his aeronautic career in Hungary in 1808 with a colleague physician Dr. Johann G. Menner (Männer). With the financial help of Hungarian well-to-do nobles in Hungarian Vepp Kraskovic tested a big circular balloon filled with gas to the height of half kilometer. The count Sigismund Erdödy (Zsigmond, * 912/ 1775; f 27/10/ 1813V ép) supported the event. He was one of the younger sons of János Nepomuk II. Erdődy de Monyorókerék and Moslavina (Monoszló, * 1733 Vép; t 1806 Zagreb), the owner if the Old Castle in Varazdin and the Ban of Croatia. On June 3, 1811 Dr. Menner and Kraskovic accomplished their first public aeronautic passenger flight in a balloon filled with hydrogen over the Város Erdeje (Városliget) in Budapest. On August 6, 1811 there was a successful public aeronautic flight of Kraskovic and Menner over Bratislava celebrating the opening of the Diet.23 On September 15, 1811 Kraskovic again successfully flied over Bratislava. On February 20, 1812 he made a flight above Budapest.24 Conclusion Gregor Kraskovic was one of the best Mid-European physicists of his era, especially famous for his medical measurements during his aeronautic flight. He supposedly flied 65 21 Flammenstern, A.R.: Artistische Tags= Miscellen aus Wien von Herrn Rittig von Flammenstern (Fortsetzung.)'. M. Dr. Manner’s Luftfahrt am 7. Novemb. 1811. Hesperus: encyclopaedische Zeitschrift fur gebildete Leser (Prag) 1812. 1/11.84. 22 Partsch, Paul Maria: Bericht über das Detonations-Phänomen auf der Insel Meleda bey Ragusa. Wien, Heubner, 1826, 103. 23 Journal de Paris 20/8/1811, 230,1662. 24 Kiss, László. Orvosok a levegőben 1811 -ben - Menner és Kraskovics doktorok légi útja Pesten és Pozsonyban. (Physicians in the sky in 1811 - the flight of Menner and Kraskovics MDs in Pest and Pressburg) Orvosi Hetilap 152(2011)26 1053-1055.
