János Bókai

János Bókai (full name in Hungarian Idősebb Bókai János) was a 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]

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 978-1-4128-0467-7. 

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Benedek 1983:107
2. ↑ Carter 2005:74
3. ↑ (probably) Zoltán Dékány. "The Development of Otology and Rhino-, Laryngology". 
4. ↑ Image:Ignaz Semmelweis 1865 Krankheits-Vorgeschichte.jpg