{"id":25336,"date":"2021-04-06T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T21:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=25336"},"modified":"2022-10-19T10:45:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T08:45:15","slug":"my-university-dr-judit-forrai-pays-tribute-to-jozsef-fodor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2021\/04\/my-university-dr-judit-forrai-pays-tribute-to-jozsef-fodor\/","title":{"rendered":"My university: dr. Judit Forrai pays tribute to J\u00f3zsef Fodor"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I really like the feel of these old, traditionally made books in my hands, they take me back to the past”, said dr. Judit Forrai (professor of the Department of Public Health, teacher of medical history) in the J\u00f3zsef Fodor memorial room of the Department of Public Health\u2019s library which is located on the 21st floor of the Theoretical Building on Nagyv\u00e1rad t\u00e9r.<\/p>\n

This place used to be only a library before. In 2005 dr. Anna Tompa, director at the time took the initiative to convert it into a memorial room with delightful period features honoring the founder of the institute. The furniture had been borrowed from the Hungarian National Museum. The microscope is the exact replica of the one J\u00f3zsef Fodor used during bacteriological examinations and blood analyses.<\/p>\n

The unique book collection on hygiene, air, water and soil pollution is also part of the memorial room. Fodor founded the Institute of National Health in 1874 (second in Europe), after the Institute of Hygiene had been opened in Munich. Later he was appointed rector of the university.<\/p>\n

In the hallways we can find original marble boards with J\u00f3zsef Fodor\u2019s reliefs, glass containers with his diplomas, handwriting samples and photos commemorating events from the foundation years of the institute. Dr. Judit Forrai is on the same opinion as Goethe: \u201ethe history of science is science itself\u201d. If we don\u2019t know where we come from and what shaped us, we cannot identify our place in history.<\/p>\n

Dr. Forrai thinks that everyone who works in the field of history is fascinated by books. She is also no exception, she feels blessed, whenever she has the chance to hold J\u00f3zsef Fodor\u2019s books in her hands.<\/p>\n

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“Even the language of these old books is miraculous, one can follow the development of this profession through it”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nPhoto: Attila Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 Semmelweis University (the photos were taken before the pandemic)
\nTranslation: Norbert Luk\u00e1cs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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