János Bókai

The native form of this personal name is Bókai János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Bókai (né Idősebb Bókai János; 18 May 1822 – 20 October 1884) was a Hungarian academic, professor, 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 which played a role in the admission of Semmelweis to an insane asylum, where he died.

Statue of Bokai Janos in Budapest

References

Monographs

• Benedek, István (1983). Semmelweis Krankheit. Budapest, Hungary: Akadémiai Kiadó (Translated from Hungarian to German by Alfred Falway). ISBN 963-05-3428-2.

• Carter, K. Codell; Barbara R. Carter (February 1, 2005). Childbed fever. A scientific biography of Ignaz Semmelweis. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-0467-7.