János Bókai
Statue of Bokai Janos in Budapest
János Bókai (1822–1884, 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 2 Benedek 1983:107
- ↑ Carter 2005:74
- ↑ (probably) Zoltán Dékány. "The Development of Otology and Rhino-, Laryngology" (PDF).
- ↑ Image:Ignaz Semmelweis 1865 Krankheits-Vorgeschichte.jpg
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