MEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES/DETERRENTS TO MEDICAL RESEARCH

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2011
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• Publication Date: October 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION RIEPOR
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COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Medical Research Facilities/Deterrents
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1. Q: What arP the correct names, locations and physical descriptions
of the physiological research facilities in Hungary?
A, a. Elettani Intbzet; Biokkmisi Intezet (Physiology; Biochemistry),
Budapest VIII.Puskin u.9. This is an old, two and one-half
story brick building, shared by the two institutes. The bio-
c'iemi.stry section was modernized after World Wai II.. Equip-
ment in the physiology section would be considered inadequate
by US standards bat _^_petey. work is being put out in a number
.
b. Fizikai kemiai Intezet (Physics( Chemistry), Budapest VIII.
Puskin u.ll. An apparently well-equipped and veil-staffed de-
partment. r~ -
Gyogyszertani Intezet; I. Kbrtani Intezet (Pharmacology; I.
Pathology), Budapest VII'.. nl]iii?.itt. These institutes-'are
located on the grounds ,so-called "Inner Clinical Group".
Pharmacology occupies one and one-halt floors of the Admini-
stration building and is adequately equipped. Pathology has its
ow-b"-*ld+ng which was damaged and looted by the Soviets. Its
equipment is being replaced slowly.' The department was complete-
ly re-staffed after World War II, which great4_;h.xpered its
opera'eions.
d. Bakteriologiai Intlzet, (Pathophy,
iolopf
Bacteriology.), Budapest X. HBgyes Endre u. 18. These depart-
meats share a. three story. building. Their teachins facilities
.w.._.u n 1W7 apvLL7
because the fields of? interest of the two
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e. Anatomiai Intdzet; SzBvettani Intdzet; TBrvdnyszeki Orvostani
Intazet, T.I. Kdrtani Intdzet (Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medi-
)II.Patho10_), Aua..uYW~t x. VIIdL uL. These deparens
comprise a separate group of buildings close to the "Outer~Clini-
cal Groups". Their teaching facilities are overtaxed. There was
an extensive change in personnel following World War II and repeat-
edly since. Research facilities should be adequate although some-
what out of date.
f? In the "Outer Clinical group" there are experimental facilities in
the Ruszny. (name of professor) - clinic (medicine) and at the II.
Surgical Clinic. These laboratories arc small but apparently veil
equipped.
All of the above groups are under the direction of the University
and thus indirectly under the Ministry t,; Education.
B? Kdzegeazsdgttgyi Intdzet (
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Gydli ut. A modern complex, erected withhlthettfinaancial Budapest the
Rockefeller, Foundation, it was doing research In, t4e.broadest sense
of Public:H ,1th. It is under the Ministry of Pub];ic. Health, and is
well-equipped and well-endowed. staff 'changes under petitical pree
sure greatly reduced its working efficiency-up to,i919,
Vdradb x zpont (Central blood-bank) was to be established in 1949
somewhere in Btida, in a new buiidi
It is under otal lose following World War II.
direct a:'my supervision and has apparently, unlimited finds.
The choice of personnel was an unfortunate compromise between ability
and pol.itical'reliebility. It will take considerable time for it to
function properly.
was to do research in blood clotting as veil.
RepadorVoai Intdzet (Aviation Medicine). `This institute was to be
set-up new since the old one was t
= y'oatwjr facilities at Pecs, Dur-
war n spar n s were adequately equipped for the
intensive research work than pursued. The department of Medical
Physics and Anatc seem to have been re-equipped.
quite mpdern. Debrecen suffered ais one ju's and should be
great deal from Soviet plundering.
New facilities in early stage of planning as of 1949 Were as follows:
1. The Military Academy buildings adjacent to the "Outer
clinical group" in Budapest-along the VUei ut were to
taioea/`,er'by ?the medical school.
2. All expo isental medical departments at Budapest ware
to be, c trallsed in one new 8 to 10 story building.
The Pl an d location of this building was chsawd
psatedly and finally the entire fund was scrapped,,
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but the aettmu plane called for one departa,ntto each
floor, a .-central +;,~-y ,~h central. dirlsionwhich
wewit handle i'iCare. ,and, axi"gyl.r*eearch_lnns
cope , ul~raeentrifnaes etc.
ro moos from Budapest.
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Biologisi Ehtat62a4zet (310100Cal;'.gssearch Institute),
Mbasy, ffun?arj. Located same
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rinian theories.
2. were these. research facilties adequately equipped for the programs carried
on in l949? What was the general status of research equipment in Hungary?
A: a. Most scientific eauipment,in Hungary came from. Germany.. Repairs
could be made in Btrngary and there was a small-scale but quite
adequate local production of most instruments. The setup for
this was such however that I seriously doubt, it could be expand-
ed to cover any significant demand. After World War II larger
numbers of British instruments were imported and there were negotia-
tious with Swiss, Swedish and
t 9,
b. Electronic equipment could probably be manufactured in Hungary in
the Tungaram plant to match most Western products, although the
quantity would necessarily be restricted. The plant is probably
used to capacity for higher priority non medical electronic devices.
c. Glassware, particularly precision glassware was extremely scarce.
Optical glassware, such as cuvettes, was practically irreplaceable.
d. Warburg'manometere were standard equipment in most institutions.
Phase microscopes have probably been obtained since 1949 from Austria
and other countries. Deep-culture vats may have been arranged for
through some of the breweries. There was no freeze-drying equipment
there were only two or three spectrophotometers available, n w.
them for medical research. In fact the lack of up to date photometers',
precision scales and recording apparatus was-one of the most important
bottlenecks, in research. Another bottleneck was the lack of tracer ele-
ments.
3. Q: Were the supplies of chemicals adequate?
A: Chemicals, particularly, analytic grade were `.Ln desperately short supply.
,Replacements cane from the UK and to some extent from Switzerland, Czech
cbemicals were of such poor quality as to be practically useless. The
^ask applied to dyes but since they were required in smaller quantities
they could'be replaced more easily.
4, Q: Were supplies of x-rays, drugs
and medical instruments sufficient?
A: X-ray files were manufactured locally before the war and the Kodak-plant
in Vic Hungary was working in 1949. The pharmaceutical IYAn^tww ,,.ff
actually exporting drums to the Near aiid Middle But,
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short supply. Antibiotics were just starting .to gat reads for local'"gro-
25X1 cal instruments were largely manufactured locally.
~'- situation was with rre&rd: to X-ray,
appstratas.
a re searcn program Hungaryi
A: Tae eiiua n was,tamplately fluid in 1949. Up to that time the rhole-
sale each nna 0 _17711 MTa1 y~_suw~.+ww-1 !.'v--" t r ti.
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cal research was centered) prevented in$e11UMa plaWag for any' length
ahead. In 1949 the Ministry of Education requested long-range plans which
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were to be base Y}n a su etantially increased. budget.
ti on 'E'-^. .Y'?..w .AdJMi~.. .tLa incra lai --I rtns
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whether the . egiii anent requested ?could ' be 'made available -from foreign
sources.
To my mind, ibe+lli 6;tile lack of certain types 'of 4XX ratns and radioiso-
topes, the scarcity bf middle-echelon research' Workers vrAm and probably
is now'the most serioins bottleneck inn any research' progran that may be a:
adopted in IIuggary..Practically everybody between the -ages of 25 and 40
-rho had the chaVi' left the country anti this- generation is now engaged
in research or mbdical work-all over the Westetn world. A lose_ of sobe
thing'" like 100 workers In, the field would be `coo$iable to the disappear-
ance of two thousand trainee' young medical "research men in the" US.'"'?he
full severity ot`''this' t ation will not be seen ' tntil a few years from
now when the present prewar generation will have to retire. In most cases
there-will not be workers "of the same quality to take their place; much
less to train future scientific g:?neratione.'
A people of eight 'nillion cannot have its independent 'scientific life.
In prewar days.3ungirian science was intimately linked with the German
and constant cognizance was taken of achievements in the Anglo-American
and to a? lesser'ekteiit in the Romance literature. Practically every'
worker had a working knowledge of at least one western language. With
the new generation- the knowledge of these languages iscd+lbaousq~ail,"west-
ern ,journals, are scarce,t.; i and abstracting services are quite
inadequate. The'resulting isolation from the past' and present body. of
scientific kiblevement will also certainly decrease the productivity and
fruitfulness-of research-work.
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