Details not Mentioned Yet - Recent Data regarding the Pressburg-Years of Jakab Fischer.

Abstract

We published above in written form the papers submitted on the Jakab Fischer Memorial Session held at the Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Clinic of the Semmelweis University, Budapest on 23th September 2014, with the title Psychiatric Therapy and Education at the Beginning of the 20th Century in Hungary. Károly Kapronczay gives a general overview on the institutes and education of psychiatry and neurology in the late 19th century Hungary emphasizing the rather high level of the Hungarian psychiatry of the time. István Bitter calls our attention to the continuity of Hungarian psychiatrical schools throughout various political systems and among continually changing circumstances. The descendant of Jakab Fischer, János Fischer gives a detailed biography of Jakab Fischer, evaluating his contribution to the development of Hungarian psychiatry. Brigitta Baran analyses Jakab Fischer’s literary activity, focusing on his articles published in various periodicals collected first by the present paper. Katarina Pekarova focuses on Jakab Fischer’s fruitful connections to the Society for Medicine and Natural History in Pressburg, while László Kiss reviewing the history of the first psychiatrical institutes and departments in Pozsony (Bratislava) - based on until ignored evidences - emphasizes the important role Jakab Fischer played in the development of the psychiatry of North-Hungary (today Slovakia).