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János Bókai ( Bock János; 18 May 1822 – 20 October 1884) was a Hungarian academic, professor,Benedek 1983:107 pediatrician and the director of a children's hospital in Budapest. He also pioneered rhino-laryngology and the development of laryngoscopy and rhinoscopy. He wrote the anamnesis of
Ignaz Semmelweis Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (; ; 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865) was a Hungarian physician and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". Postpartum infections, ...
which played a role in the admission of Semmelweis to an insane asylum, where he died. His sons were János Bókay Jr.''Az ifjú Bókai Jánost (később, amikor nemességet kapott, változott neve Bókayra)'' "János Bókai Jr. (later, when he was granted nobility, his name was changed to Bókay)
The history of the Children's Clinic (Bókay Street Department) from the beginning (1858–1937)
at the website of Semmelweis University (in Hungarian)
and Árpád Bókay, both medical doctors.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bokai, Janos Hungarian pediatricians 1822 births 1884 deaths Physicians from Budapest Physicians from the Austrian Empire Physicians from Austria-Hungary