Semmelweis Medical History Museum in Budapest, Hungary

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865). Fragment of the portrait. Semmelweis Medical History Museum, Budapest

Antique Roman surgical instruments

The Holy Ghost Pharmacy. It was opened by Károly Gömöry on Király street, Pest, in 1813. Semmelweis Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Part of the interior of the Holy Ghost Pharmacy in Pest (Budapest), back in 1813

Versatile exposition of the medicines, anatomy models, treatment methods. Semmelweis Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Trepanation instruments, 18th cent. Semmelweis Museum, Budapest, Hungary

Dental office and laboratory, model, 1896. Semmelweis Medical History Museum in Budapest

Dental office and laboratory. The model made for the Budapest Exhibition, 1896. Semmelweis Medical History Museum in Budapest, Hungary

Instrumental part of the dental office and laboratory, model, 1896

Distilling apparatus, Austria, late 16th cent.

Surgical Instrumental Set, 18th cent.

Surgical operation table

Unique object: the world's first surgical stapler, Klammergerät von Hümer Hültl, 1908. Semmelweis Museum

Type

Collection Library Museum

Country

Hungary

City Budapest

AddressBudapest, H-1013 Apród utca 1-3

Web-site https://semmelweismuseum.hu

Semmelweis Medical History Museum

The Hungarian people are proud of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865), born in Pest to a catholic German family, the discoverer of the cause of childbed fever – fatal infectious complications in women in labor, and introduced effective measures of it's prevention in 1846. In his honour, the building where he was born in 1818 now houses a museum of the history of medicine bearing his name, which tells not only about Dr. Semmelweis, but also provides a multifaceted illustration of the main milestones in the development of European and world medicine. The remarkable permanent exhibition is complemented by regularly updated temporary exhibitions.

Why is it worth visiting the museum?

Memorial to one of the greatest inventions of modern medicine - the hypothesis that "cadaveric particles" carried on the hands of doctors were the cause of infections - made by Ignaz Semmelweis.
Unique exhibit: the world's first surgical stapler, designed and used by Hümer Hültl (successors such as Medtronics and Ethicon Endosurgery today).
A unique model of a dentist's office and laboratory. A delightfully detailed model, made in a single copy for the Budapest Millenial Exhibition of 1896.