Leopold Bettelheim ( hu, Bettelheim Leopold, Bettelheim Meyer Léb, yi, Meyer Leb Bettelheim; 23 February 1777, Galgócz – 9 April 1838) was a Hungarian

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. He was not only eminent in his profession, but was considered a

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of some importance. He lived in Galgócz (german: Freystadtl, today

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) next to the river Vág (german: Waag) and there held the responsible office of physician-in-ordinary to Count Joseph Erdödy, the influential court chancellor of Hungary, in whose private residence are still preserved the surgical instruments used by Bettelheim in saving the lives of the count and his family, together with documents recording some remarkable cures effected by him. In 1830 Bettelheim was the recipient of a gold medal of honor from the emperor

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for distinguished services to the royal family and to the nobility.

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18th-century Hungarian people Hungarian Jews 19th-century Hungarian physicians People from Hlohovec 1777 births 1838 deaths Court physicians {{Hungary-med-bio-stub