Cristian Réka Mónika, Kérchy Anna (eds)

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II

Irén Barát (1890–1972): Combating Morbus Hungaricus

The term Morbus Hungaricus (“Hungarian Disease”) was first used in reference to the eruptive typhoid that spread among imperial troops stationed in Hungary in 1556. Later, in the early 20th century, it came to designate tuberculosis, which took the heaviest toll in Hungary among all countries of the world. This “latter-day murderous horror” was aided and abetted by the unhealthy living standards of deep poverty, and also by demographic migration. In 1901, tuberculosis was responsible for 25% of all deaths in Hungary, with 500 per 100,000 residents contracting the disease among the poor, and only 200 among the more affluent classes. Over the next 15 years, tuberculosis claimed nearly a million (precisely 967,000) Hungarian lives.

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2023

ISBN: 978 963 454 927 7

Művelődéstörténet Idegen nyelvű

In this sequel to the first volume of Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education published in 2022, editors Réka M. Cristian and Anna Kérchy present the portraits of twenty-two prominent Hungarian women scholars, scientists and educators who made pioneering contributions to Hungary’s scientific achievement over the centuries. Some of the women introduced in the sixteen chapters come from traditional disciplines such as pharmacy, medicine, historiography, engineering, mathematics, archeology, psychology, and philosophy, while others furthered on fields not necessarily viewed, especially at the time, as science or scholarship proper, but which are nonetheless deeply intellectual, such as physical, special needs, reform, or music education, feminism, and historic preservation. The book offers a bird’s eye view summary of the accomplishments reached and challenges faced by these exceptional Hungarian female academics and intellectuals.

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