RT Journal
T1 BUdapest
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD November 16
VO 93
IS 20
SP 1575
OP 1576
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02710200059024
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710200059024
AB The Congress of the German Medical and Natural Sciences History Society 
    The German Medical and Natural Sciences History Society held its annual congress in Budapest on the occasion of the unveiling of Semmelweiss' statue. The inaugural address was delivered by Joseph Vass, minister of public welfare, in the spacious hall of the Industrial Art Museum. The important event, which appealed chiefly to the Hungarian nation and medical profession, took place on the second day of the congress, before the gigantic statue of Semmelweiss in Elisabeth Park, where the members of the congress convened to pay tribute to the memory of Semmelweiss. About 200 German physicians and professors were present. Among the local guests were Ernst Träger, ministerial councilor, as the representative of the Hungarian premier; Imre Dréhr, state secretary for public welfare; Andreas Csillery, late minister of public instruction; Baron Alexander Kétly, dean of the medical faculty; Eugen Berczell, mayor