János Balassa

János Balassa (1815–1868) was a surgeon, university professor, and one of the leading personalities of the Hungarian medical society at the time. He was also an internationally recognized authority within the field of plastic surgery.[1] Professor of Surgery, (1843-) at the University of Pest, (Hungary).[2]

János Balassa
János Balassa
Born1814
Died1868
NationalityHungarian, Austrian-Hungarian
Known forSurgery, Cardiac resuscitation (CPR)

János Balassa was a pioneer of cardiac resuscitation (CPR) and carried out the first reported case of external heart massage.[3]

In the aftermath of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848 where Hungary sought independence from the Austrian Empire, he was temporarily removed from his professorship and imprisoned by the Habsburg authorities.[4]

Balassa was Ignaz Semmelweis's colleague and house doctor.[1] He was in the medical commission[5] that referred Semmelweis to a mental institution, other members were János Bókai and Wagner.[6]

References
  1. Benedek 1983b:107
  2. Benedek 1983a: caption to plate 10
  3. Robicsek, F; Littmann, L (1983). "The first reported case of external heart massage (János Balassa)". Clin Cardiol. 6: 569, 571. doi:10.1002/clc.4960061110. PMID 6357583.
  4. Carter 2005:68
  5. translated from German: Ärztekonsilium
  6. Benedek 1983a:292

Sources
  • Benedek, István (1983a). Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis 1818-1865. Gyomaendrőd, Hungary: Corvina Kiadó (Translated from Hungarian to German by Brigitte Engel). ISBN 963-13-1459-6.
  • Benedek, István (1983b). 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.


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