The History of the Internal Medicine in the Szabolcs Street Hospital (The History of Jewish Hospital of Pest) (1805 – 2005) Dr. Préda István

The Initial Hospital of the Jewish Religiuos Community of Pest 1805 - One room, 4 beds on the „Haus Orzy”1915 Kreutzgasse Diófa street 267, Dohány Street 307 Permission for own Jewish Hospital has been given by Emperor 1st Jozef Franz, since after thee Denube fload (1838) the Dohány street building was demolished. 1840 – On the corner of Aradi Street and – Gyár street (today Jókai Street) a building site of 4338 m² has been bought by the Jewish Community of Pest, and the inauguration of the Hospital was given in 1st of September, 1841 in the presence of Palatine of Hungary, Jozeph, and József Hild the famous Hungarian architect, who was the „dreamer” andasnd as well as the constructor of the building

The picture of the original first Jewish Hospital of Pest at the corner of Aradi and Gyár Street (1841)

Opening of the New Hospital of the of the Jewish Religious Community of Pest (2) Gyár utca (Gasser Strasse). Opening on 12th January, 1942 . 74 beds for patients (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Ophtalmology) The different diseases were handled in the same wards. Consultants physicians: János Balassa (Surgery,) and Ignácz Semmelweis (Obstetrics) First President of the Hospital Board was József Rozsay, who has been chosen for the member of the Hungarial Academy of Sciences according to his title of his Academic Thesis on the decreased seing, was: „My personal observations with the use of ethyl drinks and smoking on the development of the impaired vision”.

József Rozsay

Ignác Hirschler

Hospital of the Jewish Religious Community (3) Internal Medicine and Surgery separated into individual Departments (1874). Head of Department of the Internal Medicine: Bertalan Stiller (1837-1922) Head of Department of the Surgery: Jónás Báron 1845 – 1911 Director of the Hospital: Gyula Böke – Modenization of the Hospital: Operating Theatre, new Department for Ophtalmology Gyula Böke elected to be Director of the University Department of Otholaringology (1902-1912).

„New Hospital” The site of the old hospital is on the terrytory of the planned Worl Exhibition (1899) President of the Proposer Committee: Ignác Wechselmann Site of the proposed Hospital: Aréna street (Dózsa György street) close to the old jewish cemetries, 150.000 m², (wood nursery)

Planning competition (1886) Jury: Dr. Gyula Böke, Dr. József Fodor, Alajos Hauszmann, Károly Hieronimi, Antal Weber, Ignácz Wechselmann and Miklós Ibl 13 registred plans 1st Prize: „Aer et lux”, designing architect: Vilmos Freund respected architect of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Style: neoclassic

View of the new Jewish Hospital on the Szabolcs street, in 1889

Bertalan Stiller

Clinical Round of Bertalan Stiller (1903)

Henrik Benedict

Thanking letter of Henrik Benedict for the greetings on his appointment to be university professor

Benedict Henrik and his son, János(1909)

Lajos Lévy

Lajos Thanfhoffer, professzor of anatomy notarial attested certification on the anatomical and histological knowledges of Dr Lajos Levy in 1913

Lajos Lévy and Ernő Somló

Imre Fodor

György Gottsegen

Miklós Julesz

Pál Schwarczmann as a young physician in the early thirties

Pál Schwarczmann, Lajos Lévy and Simon Lőwinger

István Wittmann

Antal Tószeghi

Schwarczmann Pál as haed of department

Distinguished physicians followed the „Schwarczmann School”: Judit Demeter Ádám Harsányi Erzsébet Holländer Péter Kenedi Pál Kárpáti István Mózer István Préda György Róna Ádám Székely Károly Tóth Róbert Zulik

Imre Strausz

Autstanding followers of Imre Strausz: János Barcsák Ferenc Bányai Miklós Dékány Péter Horányi Ede Kékes Iván Nádas Károly Zámolyi

Imre Magyar

Zoltán Antalóczy

László Mosonyi

Table of the 4th Internal Clinic haeded by professor László Mosonyi (1969)

Physicians and leading assitants of the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine of the Haynal Imre University of Medicine in 1995

Chritmas Party in the Library of the Institution

Opening Ceremony of the International Congress on Electrocardiology, at Budapest, 1998. From left: Miklós Csanády, László Z. Szabó, Mihály Kökény, István Préda, and Ljuba Bacharova

Audiance of the Memorial Meeting on the history and present activity of the 2nd Medical Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology (2001)

Inauguration of the Eucomenical Chapel of the Clinic in 2001. From left: Kálmán Orbán, Feríz Berki, Károly Nagy, József Schweitzer, László Heiszler, István Préda, István Pákozdi and Zoltán Szirmai

Ceremonial Meeting of the University Council of the Haynal Imre University of Health Sciences (1998). From left: Lajos Korányi, István Préda, Judit Mészáros, László Z. Szabó and Győző Petrányi

University Council of the Semmelweis University, 2001

Doctoral Board of the Semmelweis University, 2002

University Council, 2002: Lajos Szollár, István Préda, Péter Sótonyi, Mihály Nyerges

Editorial Board of the Orvosképzés (Medical Education) in 2003

Research Group of Cardiology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Semmelweis University (2002): From lef: Róbert Gábor Kiss , Jusztina Bencze, István Hízoh Éva Csóti, István Préda, Éva Fischer, Gábor Kerecsen, Emese Tóth-Zsámboki

Memory Picture on the Extinction of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Semmelweis University. 5th December, 2005

Avram Herschko Nóbel Prize winner in the Auditorium of the Department (right). January, 2005. Adam Bőhm on the left and István Préda in the middle.

Imre Kertész Nobel Prize winner Hungarian writer as an invited guest and speaker of the Clinic. From left: Ádám Bőhm, István Préda, Ádám Harsányi and Imre Kertész

Edited by István Préda Invited Writers: Sponsor: Historia Alapítvány Editorial Manager: Kornélia Burucs Preface: Ferenc Glatz, historian, past president of the Hungarian Academy of Siences Invited Writers: Zoltán Antalóczy Erzsébet Holländer Imola Jehoda Pál Kárpáti Dezső Lehoczky Iván Nádas István Préda György Róna (+)Imre Strausz (+)Antal Tószeghi Károly Tóth