[Historical data on the Founding of Experimental Surgical Section of the Hungarian Surgical Society]

Following the establishment of the European Society for Surgical Research - ESSR on February 17, 1966 in Nancy/France. After the Re-establishment of Hungarian Surgical Society the organization of the Experimental Surgical Section of the Hungarian Surgical Society also started in October 1966. By January 25, 1967, there were 134 registered members of the Section. Authors present the organisation's letters with the list of applicants with contemporary documents. The Hungarian Experimental Surgical Section held its first congress on September 29-30, 1967 in Debrecen and Hajdúszoboszló.