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Died 20 October 1884, Budapest, Hungary | ||
János Bókai (1822–1884, full name in Hungarian Idősebb Bókai János) was a Hungarian University 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.
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