János Bókai
János Bókai (full name in Hungarian Idősebb Bókai János). Hungarian University professor.[1] Pediatrician and the director of a children's hospital in Budapest.[2] He also pioneered rhino-laryngology and the development of laryngoscopy and rhinoscopy.[3] He wrote the anamnesis of Ignaz Semmelweis[1] which played a role in the admission of Semmelweis to an insane asylum.[4]
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There is an entry in the Hungarian wiki, somebody should expand
References
Monographs
- Benedek, István (1983). Semmelweis Krankheit. Budapest, Hungary: Akadémiai Kiadó (Translated from Hungarian to German by Alfred Falway). ISBN 963 05 3428 2.
- Carter, K. Codell; Barbara R. Carter (February 1, 2005). Childbed fever. A scientific biography of Ignaz Semmelweis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1412804677.
Notes
- ^ a b Benedek 1983:107
- ^ Carter 2005:74
- ^ (probably) Zoltán Dékány. "The Development of Otology and Rhino-, Laryngology". http://www.orl.hu/upload/fulorrgege/document/mfoe_history.pdf
- ^ Image:Ignaz Semmelweis 1865 Krankheits-Vorgeschichte.jpg
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