title: [Life and works of Gábor Veza, the first protomedicus of Hungary].
abstract: Gábor Veza (1728-1799) was the first "protomedicus Hungariae" (head-physician of Hungary). The present paper, based mostly on recently discovered archival data reconstructs his biography and corrects some mistakes of the previous biographical works. Veza's curriculum vitae shortly sounds as follows: Born in Vienna, in 1728 in an Austrian, Catholic family. His father had been Josef Veza, an agent of the Habsburg emperor in the Low Countries. Gábor Veza graduated in Toscana in Pisa (1751) later practised medicine in military hospitals, practising privately too. During this period he moved to Buda. He repeated his graduation at the University of Vienna as well (1757) and stood in military service for 25 years (till 1787) as a leading surgeon of the Garrison at Buda. At the same time he worked as a medical officer of County Pest. In 1777 he was appointed to director of medical faculty of the Royal Hungarian University, in 1787 to Royal Counsellor, in 1787 to Protomedicus of Hungary.
authors.forename: Erzsébet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sági
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D006814:Hungary; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*