[Proposals for inspecting pharmacies in Transylvania before the General Health Regulation of 1770].

Abstract

After sketching the history of the regulation of pharmacies in Hungary and in Transylvania during the Middle Ages and the 16-17. centuries, author analyses the attempts of the regulation of Translyvanian pharmacies during the second part of the 18th century including official and civil proposals for inspection of pharmacies written in the 1750ies by eminent Transylvanian physicians and pharmacists. These proposals were based on very informative reports written by Mihály Felfalusi and József Zoltán--whose biographies are also attached and analysed here. Although these proposals--regarding their contents--mostly followed the scheme of the former Hungarian (and western) regulations, they contained lots of special local issues. The article--rich in details published first time--is illustrated by a supplement containing the original Latin texts of the reports and proposals and their Hungarian translations as well.