[Dr. Józsa Dániel (1795-1849)--Daniel Józsa, MD (1795-1849)]

The present study summarizes the most important events of life and professional career of Daniel Józsa born 220 years ago. Józsa, the Medical Chief of former Crasna county was born in Uzon of Székely region on 1, October, 1795. From the age of 10 he studied at the Bethlen College in Nagyenyed. In 1822 he attended the University of Medical Sciences in Vienna, where he got his doctor's degree in 1828. He wrote his dissertation on the diseases of the female breast. In the same year he settled with his first wife in Szilágysomlyó, Crasna county, where he was appointed Medical Chief of the county by the Transylvanian Governor. He gained great medical reputation being a lively, correct and energetic man with rational medical principles ahead of his time. He took part and held a presentation at the general meeting of the Hungarian physicians and nature researchers in Kolozsvár in 1844. As a result, he was elected associate member by both the Royal Hungarian Natural Science Society and the Royal Medical Association of Budapest. While he successfully fought against the spread of cholera during the epidemics of 1831, 1836 and 1848-49, he regularly took part in the public life of the county. From his first wife he had 6 children, from his second wife he had one child. He died in the village Bályok in Bihar county on 10, April, 1849. His tomb has been saved for future generations by the generosity of the local Reformed Church and of some doctors from Bályok.