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János Bókai Sr.

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Statue of János Bókai in Budapest

János Bókai ( Bock János; 18 May 1822 – 20 October 1884) was a Hungarian academic, 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. He wrote the anamnesis of Ignaz Semmelweis[1] which played a role in the admission of Semmelweis to an insane asylum, where he died.[3]

His sons were János Bókay Jr. (Q854930)[4] and Árpád Bókay (Q854931), both medical doctors.

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Monographs

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b Benedek 1983:107
  2. ^ Carter 2005:74
  3. ^ Image:Ignaz Semmelweis 1865 Krankheits-Vorgeschichte.jpg
  4. ^ Az ifjú Bókai Jánost (később, amikor nemességet kapott, változott neve Bókayra) "János Bókai Jr. (later, when he was granted nobility, his name was changed to Bókay)" The history of the Children's Clinic (Bókay Street Department) from the beginning (1858–1937) at the website of Semmelweis University (in Hungarian)