Antall József szerk.: Pictures from the Past of the Healing Arts / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 5. (Budapest, 1972)

The Medical Historical Library

ization in medicine - their number got multiplied. The medical weeklies, the characteristic periodicals of the age published all over Europe are significant. The majority of them is still being published. We have a considerable collection up to World War II. Such periodical is the Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift (1851-1944) which was an important paper in Hungary, too in the age of the Austrian neo-absolutism following the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-1849. Furthermore, mention should be made of the Münchener Medizinische Wochenschrift (1854-1944), the Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1854-1944), the British Medical Journal (1878-1949). The following periodicals were of principal importance for the Hungarian representatives of medicine: Allgemeine Wiener Medizinische Zeitung (Vienna 1856-1910), Wiener Medizinal Halle (later: Wiener Medizinische Presse) (Vienna 1860-1907). The periodical edited by Virchow under the title Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medizin (now: Virchozvs Archiv) had a universal significance from the view-point of medical literature. It can also be found in our collection (1847-1931). Periodicals of great importance were the following publications

: The Lancet (1873-1949), Journal of the American Medical Association (1913-1949), Annals of Surgery (1915—1927) and The American Journal of Surgery (1930-1944). Worthy of mention are the organs of homoeopathy, the widespread healing method of the last century: c. f.: Archiv für die Homöopathische Heilkunst (Leipzig, 1822-1837), Allgemeine Homöopathische Zeitung (Leipzig, 1837-1939), Österreichische Zeitschrift für Homoepathie (Vienna 1844-1863) and the Hungarian Hasonszenvi Közlöny (Homoeopathic Review) Eger, 1864-1865 (together with its sequence the Hasonszenvi Lapok) Homoeopathic Journal (Pest, 1866-1876) and the Homöopathia (Budapest 1895-1898). From among Hungarian periodicals mention schould be made of the first medical periodical in the strict sensce edited by Pál Bugát and Ferenc Flór under the title Orvosi Tár (Medical Review). The complete series from 1830 to 1849 can be found in our collection. The first Hungarian medical weekly was edited by Lajos Markusovszky in 1857 entitled Orvosi Hetilap (Medical Weekly) It is still being published. Its independent supplements are organs of the various fields of medicine

: Szemészet (Ophthalmology), Nð és Gyermekgyógyászat (Gynaecology and Paediatrics, edited by Ignác Semmelweis). In 1861 Imre Poor established a new periodical Gyógyászat (Therapy) (Buda, 1861-1944). The volumes of Egészségügyi Tanácsadó (Guide to Public Health) (Pest, 18641869) can also be found in our collection. Mention should be made of the Magyar Orvosok és Természetvizsgálók... Vándorgyűlésének Munkálatai (Activity of the Itinerary Congress of Hungarian Physicians and Naturalists) (18411912, 1934) and the series of monographics of towns published on the venue of the itinerary congresses. Following the War of Independence the periodical Zeitschrift für Natur