Szemészet, 2004 (141. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2004-06-01 / 2. szám
200 Szemészet On 19 December 1975 an electoral meeting was held. The Executive had 46 members, with Magda Radnót as President and Piroska Follmann as General Secretary. Eight honorary life-members of the executive were appointed: Bendenritter, Bíró, Boros, Győrffy, Kettesy, Miklós, Nagy, and Nónay. 1976-1980 At the general meeting held on 25 February 1977 the General Secretary, Piroska Follmann, reported on the previous year’s activities. There had been 9 scientific sessions with in all 24 lectures, 4 by foreign speakers. Stress was laid on the participation of the younger members. The scientific sessions held at the end of the month typically had an audience of 100 to 150. The award for the best study of 1976 in “Szemészet” was given to Bálint Kovács for his article titled “Examination of metastatic tumours of the chorioid using fluorescein angiography”. The 1976 general assembly was held in Szeged, with 109 participants including accompanying persons. The annual income was 112 984 Forints, the expenditure 59 000 Forints. 25% of the “surplus” was transferred to the MOTESZ agency. The total resources of the Society amounted to 120 423 Forints. In the issues of “Szemészet” for 1977 a recurring topic was the closure of the cataract-extraction incision, though there was no discussion of suture materials. The most frequent surgical treatments for retinal detachment were scleral resection and diathermy. Besides cortico-steroids, other immuno-suppressive drugs became available. The article by Pintér and colleagues is worthy of mention. In the course of 5 years they treated 342 infants using a probe. In the cases where conventional treatment was unsuccessful (2.9%), they found that an approach from the nasal cavity was advantageous. The first Hungarian report on the Binkhorst iris-clip IOF was published by Galli and Zólyomi. In 1978 the general assembly was held in Budapest from 10-11 March, in the Semmelweis Hall. Again there were many lectures which could not be delivered due to lack of available time, almost as many as were in fact given. The keynote topic was injuries to the optic nerve from different causes. Among the lecturers were Follmann, Túri, Remenár, and the neurologist Albert Szobor. László Remenár spoke on tumours of the optic nerve. With his 25 years experience he was an expert in the field, and was a gifted surgeon who had trained many able successors. From among the “free” lectures I mention the one by Professor Alberth, who spoke on surgical instruments for pars plana vitrectomy and the indications for it. He also presented some of his cases. The Schulek Award, established in 1972, was in 1977 given to Magda Radnót. In 1978 the Hirschler Memorial Medal was given to Béla Boros. In memory of Ferenc Papolczy, a prize scholarship worth 10 000 Forints was founded. Ophthalmologists under the age of 45 and working in the field of ophthalmology or ophthalmic oncology could apply. The Society was also influenced by the foundation in 1975 of the European Glaucoma Society. There were scientific sessions held monthly, except during the summer. The attendance was between 120-180. There were 85 lectures held at 25 scientific events; some 25% of the lecturers were from the younger generation. In “Szemészet”, 144 articles had been published in the course of 3 years, and 20 of these were concerned with basic research. The published Society minutes occupied altogether 67 pages. On 17 December 1978 the Society held an electoral meeting. Since the previous elections in December 1975, 114 new members had joined. The number of regular invitations to the scientific sessions was 570. In accordance with a decision of the MOTESZ agency in 1976, the term of office of the Executive Committee was increased from 3 years to 4 years. The new Executive elected the following officers: President, Magda Radnót; General Secretary, Piroska Follmann; Secretary, György Salacz; Treasurer, Gabriella Mucsi; Minutes Secretary, István Gábriel. Magda Radnót was the Editor-in-Chief of “Szemészet”, with László Remenár as Executive Editor. László Remenár performed the above duty from 1952 to 1965, and from 1965 to 1972. From that year he worked as Editor-in-Chief, but now again took over the lesser post, under Radnót. The obituaries of 1978 were for Aladár Altorjai, Elemér Bartha, and György Darabos. We must also note that this year marked the death of Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, author of the classic ophthalmology textbook. In 1979 Pál Weinstein, who was born in 1906, died. He was the author of 210 articles and 3 books. The obituaries of the year 1980 were for Lajos Czermák, Andor Miklós, and Rezső Vén. In 1979 the general assembly was again held in Budapest. The theme topic was ophthalmic problems in childhood. There was one keynote lecture and 51 other lectures, four of them delivered by speakers from abroad. The total number of participants was 193. At the invitation of the Society, on 29 February 1980 Dr. H. G. Giessmann of Magdeburg gave a lecture on problems of micro-surgery. Lajos Kolozsvári from the Debrecen eye-clinic first reported his work on ultrasound diagnostic examinations in 1979. He was soon an acknowledged expert in this field. In their article in “Szemészet”, Dózsa and Varga reported that phacoemulsification had been used at the 1st Department of Ophthalmology since 1977, in a total of 54 cases. They mentioned many complications, but nevertheless recommended the procedure as being useful in certain cases. In 1980 István Hatvani and colleagues first reported the treatment of retrolenticular fibroplasia using D-penicillamin. In the course of the years Hatvani became a recognised expert in this field. He also laid down the fundamental principles of ophthalmological treatment of premature infants: screening tests, conservative treatment, and surgical interventions. At the general assembly the General Secretary gave an account of the year 1980. The membership was 670, new members, 39. There were 11 lectures delivered at 7 scientific sessions. The Society minutes continued to appear in “Szemészet”. However, the texts of further-training lectures were now published by the National Ophthalmological Institute. The Society Magdolna Zajácz
