101919 | HUNGARY. Hogyes Endre/Vaccination cast bronze Medal.
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101919 | HUNGARY. HÅgyes Endre cast bronze Medal. Issued 1948. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the doctor and professor of pathology at the University of Budapest (70mm, 244.54 g, 12h). By CsĆŗcs F.
DR HÅGYŠS ŠNDRŠ, bare head left / SZĆLETĆSE 100 ĆVF, Endre standing left, inoculating male patient in his bicep. Edge: Three hallmarks, and some filing marks as made.
Medicina in Nummis II, 264.
As made. Deep brown-tan surfaces, with intense relief.
Following Louis Pasteur's successful development of a vaccine for rabies, HÅgyes was instrumental in establishing the Research Institute of Rabies in Budapest. There, antirabies serum was manufactured, aiding in the treatment of a disease that, at the time, had no real answers.
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