Medical science related questions in on-line information in Hungary.

Clarissa Szabó-Balogh
Central Library of the Semmelweis University - Ülloi ut 26
1085 Budapest, Hungary
cbalogh@lib.sote.hu

The Semmelweis University Central Library has an internet information site info@lib.sote.hu that answers questions about the library's books and the history of medical science from Hungary and other countries.
The site provides information about the library's hours and membership. This service makes our organization a founding member of the What-Where
internet service. We collaborate with a pharmaceutical company to provide detailed information on Information is provided on a 24/7 basis.
Several Hungarian language databases are available.
http://www.pro-patiente.hu is open for public subscription for the purpose of obtaining Hungarian language newspapers. The following site offers medical advice, the Doctor answers, questions about lifestyle and hospitals: http://www.medicentrum.hu Informations on drugs and Homeopothecary http://www.hazipatika.hu.

The Semmelweis University main site (http://www.sote.hu) offers to the Medical Science infobase and free Medline access as well.

This is a typical question the arrives at our service.

Location: Budapest
Language: Hungarian or English
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Question: Dr. Heinrich Nepomuk János physician from Morawica. 
1860-1865: As the new owner of the Racz spaBased on Mihaly Ybl design, Nepomuk renovated the bathhousebased on Mihaly Ybl desing using superior technology for the period and excellent taste.
I need more detailed data about Nepomuk's life and information about the healing qualities of the waters.

Answer
We don't know anything more about this.

Where did you search for it? Budapest Lexikon, Révai encyclopedia, Pallasz encyclopedia, New Hungarian encyclopedia and on the Internet.

Answer
Dear Inquirer.
There's a short biography of Nepomuk in the book titled  Szinnyei's Magyar irok élete és munkái volume,4th page 614.
He was a physician, the owner of the bath and a knight of the Franz Josef Order.
He was born in Pest in 1818. He finished his studies in 1841 in Vienna. Other establishments designed by him were the Baden-Baden spa on Margareten Island and the Römer-bad in Vienna. He died February 9, 1888, in Pest.
If you need more information, His published articles, and the list of books that he wrote are avaliable, and the above mentioned book in the Ervin Szabo Library central branch Budapest.