Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Lajos Koltai

  • The Semmelweis Museum of Medical History, Budapest

    Arpan K. BanerjeeSolihull, England Museums on medical themes are uncommon and generally scattered worldwide. Budapest features the Semmelweis Museum, dedicated to one of Hungary’s greatest physicians and the history of medical advances in Hungary. It is the birthplace and childhood home of Ignaz Semmelweis, born there on July 1, 1818. His father had a grocer’s…