- János Balassa
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footnotes =János Balassa (1815-1893) Surgeon, university professor, and one of the leading personalities of the Hungarian medical society at the time. He was also an internationally recognized authority within the field of
plastic surgery . [Benedek 1983b:107] Professor of Surgery, (1843-) at theUniversity of Pest , (Hungary ). [Benedek 1983a: caption to plate 10]János Balassa was a pioneer of
cardiac resuscitation (CPR) and carried out the first reported case of external heart massage. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6357583 The first reported case of external heart massage ... [Clin Cardiol. 1983 - PubMed Result ] ]In the aftermath of the failed
Hungarian Revolution of 1848 where Hungary sought independence from theAustrian-Hungarian empire, he was temporarily removed from his professorship and imprisoned by theHabsburg authorities. [Carter 2005:68]Balassa was
Ignaz Semmelweis 's collegue and house doctor. [Benedek 1983b:107] . He was in the medical commission [translated from German: Ärztekonsilium] that referred Semmelweis to a mental institution, other members wereJános Bókai and Wagner. [Benedek 1983a:292]References
* cite book
last = Benedek
first = István
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title = Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis 1818-1865
publisher = Corvina Kiadó (Translated from Hungarian to German by Brigitte Engel)
date = 1983 a
location = Gyomaendrőd, Hungary
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isbn = 9631314596* cite book
last = Benedek
first = István
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title = Semmelweis Krankheit
publisher = Akadémiai Kiadó (Translated from Hungarian to German by Alfred Falway)
date = 1983 b
location = Budapest, Hungary
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isbn = 963 05 3428 2* cite book
last = Carter | first = K. Codell
coauthors = Barbara R. Carter
title = Childbed fever. A scientific biography of Ignaz Semmelweis
publisher = Transaction Publishers
date = February 1, 2005
isbn = 978-1412804677
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