J. Antall szerk.: Medical history in Hungary 1972. Presented to the XXIII. International Congress of the History of Medicine / Orvostörténeti Közlemények – Supplementum 6. (Budapest, 1972)

M. Vida : Serving two Nations: Tivadar Duka (1825—1908)

M. Vida : Serving two Nations: Tivadar Duka. 197 and by reciting the events of the war tried to refute the charges of treason often laid up against Görgey.

4 Görgey, too, spoke of the young Duka with appreciation in a letter written in 1902, He described how the aide-de-camp of his general staff, a lieutenent of the honvéds from November 1848, set an example with his bravery in the first battle of Komárom (April 29 1849) and by that revived the spirits of the troops already on the point of retreating. 4

4 and I had no need to do more for restoring the morale of the men but to point at the living equestrian statue on top of the mound"

5 Görgey's appreciation was also shown by his letter sent to Duka's widow: 4

4It appears that the life that started in the small village of Dukafalva in the county of Sáros and came to an end in the peaceful seaside town of Southbourne in England greatly exceeded in value and significance all everyday measures

. With him I buried a man's greatest treasure, a true and brave friend."

6 The value of this opinion can be best appreciated if one considers that Görgey had always abhorred "big words" and was stern in his judgements. Until the surrender at Világos (today Siria in Rumania) on 13th August 1849 Duka fought together with Görgey, from May as a captain. Although the personal staff of the Commander-in-Chief was also promised free withdrawal, after the persecutions and some months' imprisonment Duka decided to emigrate. Once more he spent some time at Gräfenberg to cure his starting tuberculosis, then found a temporary hiding-place from the "sleuth-hounds" of the Austrian police on the estate of Baroness Uckermann near Dresden.

7 Still in 1849 he left for Leipzig and arrived in Paris at the beginning of 1850. THE EMIGRATION AND ITS NEW ROLE One road taken by the fugitives led towards Turkey, the other ran through Vienna and Hamburg with England or America as the destination. In a talk delivered some decades later when on a visit to his homeland Duka said a few words about this period: "The consequences of Világos led us in various directions. My impaired health directed me to Gräfenberg where I spent several months, then with friendly help I proceeded to Paris with the intention to take up the study of medicine which was to be me future profession

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8 But for most of the exiles Paris meant only a temporary stop as its "police democracy" could offer neither 4 Duka, Tivadar: Kossuth and Görgey, Hertford, 1898. Cf. Büsbach, Péter: Egy viharos emberöltő. (A Stormy Span of Life) Budapest, 1898. 5 Stein, Aurél: Op. cit. p. 4. Quotes the text of the certificate. «Schächter, Miksa: „Duka Tivadar" Gyógyászat, Vol. 1908. No. 48. p. 369. 7 Stein, Aurél: Op. cit. p. 7. — The Baroness Uckermann was the widow of Árpád Lo Presti, an officer of the Saxonian Army. Material on this period of Duka's life was placed at Stein's disposal for study by the widow of Duka. *Duka, Tivadar: Első benyomások Kelet-Indiában. A hindu társadalom alaptörvényei. (First Impressions of East India. The Basic Laws of Hindu Society) (Lecture held in the Society of Physicians and Pharmacists of Zemplén County on 29th January 1888.) Sátoraljaújhely, 1888. p. 3. Cf. Vasárnapi Újság, 1888.