MEDICAL RESEARCH

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040472-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 472
• Publication Date: September 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Since 1920, there have been four university faculties in Hungary having
facilities for medical training and research. These are the following:
n.1 Fzmany Peter Tudomsjgy Egyetem, Budapest
b) Tisza Ietvan Tudom~rv Egyetem, Debrecen
c) Ferenc J6szef Tudomayny Egyetem, Szeged
d) Erzsebet Tudomany Egyetem, Pecs.
It should be noted that these names are the old ones and that under the
Communists they have all been renamed. As of 1947. Hungary had only one
institution offering training in veterinary education. This was located
in Budapest and was called J6zsef N`dor Allatorvosi F8iskola (Jo'zsef
Nador Veterinary HigA School). There are also two institutions which
devoted all their time to research in the field of '_' .-logy and offered
n, teaching. These are:
a) Hungarian Biological Research Institute, Tihany (Magyar
Biologiai Kutato Intezet)
b) Biologic_al Research Station, Alsog8d (Als6`g8dl Biologiai
Kutato Allomas).
2. Except as noted, all the above institutions had facilities for both
teaching and intensive research. In addition to these the Public
Health Institute (Magyar K8zegeszs4flgyi Intezet), Gyali ut, Budapest,
had an extensive research program. This institution was founded with
a grant from the US Rockefeller Foundation and was independent from
any university. It was state-supported and controlled.
3. Since Hungary was formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both
its research and its education were greatly influenced by the old
German systems and many teachers and scientists studied or spent some
time in Germany. A small group, particularly in the fields of bio-
chemistry and physiology, received training in the UK and followed
British ideas. Only a relatively small group received training in
.:.: oust v Tueae were in the period lyju-36. Another small
group wastraiaed in France, Sweden or Denmark,
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4. Prior to World War II the Medical Faculty of the University of Budapest was
accepted as one of the best such organizations in Europe. It was comparable
to Harvard, Columbia or Johns Hopk ne; in the US or to Oxford- C id or
the University of London in the UKior
to 193 'regularly had about five s n s a ti e a were o apest.
The Universities of Debrecen and Szeged. were also internationally recognized
during this time. Pace, the newest and smallest of the Hungarian universities,
was also the weakest and was not as highly regarded as the others.
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6. Present day f l-95.17 scientific research in Htuigary is all government-controlled.
This control is in the hands of the Ministry of Education and the Hungarian
Acade of Sciences. "sdical research facilities in Hungary
include those described below. This list is not complete since
no am iar with the research facilities of the Universities of Szeged, recen
and Pecs.
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a) Inst tute of Biochemistry (Biokemiai Intezet), University of Budapest,
Punkin ut 9, Budapest. Two floors containing about 10 well-equipped
laboratories in good condition.
b) Institute of Anatomy (Anatomiai Intezet), University of Budapest,
'TUzolto u 58, Budapest. One and one-half floors of a large building
which contain about five research laboratories in good condition.
c) Institute of Histology and Embryology (Histologiai as Smbryologiai
Intizet), University of Budapest, TUzolto u 58, Budapest. The
Institute has about 10 research laboratories, some of which were
destro d during the bombing of Budapest in World War II but are
now ebuilt. A lot of equipments was lost during World
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Institute of Physiology (Blettani. Intezet), University of Budapest,
Puakin ut 9, Budapest. Two floors containing about five large,
well-equipped laboratories in good condition.
e) Institute of Microbiology (gor*.,ani intezet), University of Budapest,
B8gyes Endre u 9, Budapest. About five large, U-equpped
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f) Institute of Pharmacology. (Gyogyazertani Intezet), University of
Buda
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Budapest. About three laboratories which at
least in 1947. were, not .very well-equipped,.
Institute QQf Pathology (Korbonctani Intezet No I), University of
Budapest, U11 1.,ut.26:.,Budapest. One floor containing two not very
well-equipped laboratories....
Clinic of Ophthalmology (Szemeszeti Klinika No I), University of
Budapest, I11es. u.15, Budapest. Probably one laboratory for
ophthalmic research.
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i) -Hungarian Biological Research Institute (N4agyrar Biologiai Kutato
Iut6et), Tihany. A large two-story building containing i4.very
well-equipped laboratories in very good condition. The Institute
was reorganized after World War II at which time it was enlarged.
j) A,l.sog8d Biological Research Station (Alsogddi Biologiai Kutato
Allomas), Alsog8d. This was destroyed during World War II and has
not yet beak rebuilt.
Hungarian medical research men as of 1949 had access to the following special
research.equipment: electron microscope, Tiaelius electrophoritic apparatus,
Warburg manometer. This equipment was not manufactured in II ary.but was
imported princips. y from Germany and Sweden
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chemicals, media, dyes, laboratory glassware, and routine. laboratory apparatus
were adequate. There has always been a shortage of trained laboratory
technicians in Hungary and usually the junior scientists had to dr., the
technicians' work.
8. Each Hungarian university has a large. technical librar, and each research
institute within the.univver.sity.has a smaller library containing material
in its own field. In 194.5-47, US, British .and Swedir4h scientific journals
were the foreign journals moot generally available in Hungary. Although
these foreib. journals do not carry summaries in Hu'agarian, this was not
very important since Hungarian scientists read at least two foreign languages,
and Arta '- --a--... ` "?`??y UUur,L,a..j , recta L eaica
Phy-_nlogica. The _la_tter __
are
of F__ -tYO published by the Hungarian Academy
Sciences. od textbooks printed in Hungarian
duppjy. in adequate are
10. There are sons Soviet profenanr cupying staff positions in Hungarian
uagarian
these are the only foreign scientists
permitted to o such positions by the Hun&wian Communist Government.
Contact with the outside scientific world has. definitely been restricted.
Although there-is no official regulation against it, Hungarian scientists
are afraid to correspond. Although Hungarian scientists often even now
09537 request reprints of scientific books from the US, the UK and Sweden
and although they do read the few British and American journals which get
into the country, they appear to have fallen behind the rest of the world
as far as research
nr4 non., is n cerned, particularly clinical research. This
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