Hansel, Janos Adam

Janos Hansel was born in 1677. In 1694, at the age of 17, he entered the University of Jena , where he graduated in 1699, where he studied geology, but he did not want to become a geologist and decided to go the other way - to devote himself to medical activities, for this he moved to Italy where he studied at the universities of Bologna , Florence , Rome and Padua , where he received in accordance 4 diplomas in medicine and previously 1 diploma in geology. Having mastered the medical business, received 4 diplomas, he became a doctor. Long wanderings in educational institutions of Italian cities were not in vain for him, because Janos Hansel stocked up a huge amount of knowledge and solid practice and became a philosopher. In these cities, he had to listen to lectures by the most famous professors of medicine. Having received two academic titles, Janos Hansel returned to his homeland and engaged in medical activities. Thanks to his successful medical career, he gained fame at a young age and became a member of many scientific societies.

Janos Hansel died in 1720.

The main scientific works are devoted to the epidemiology of a number of diseases. The works of Janos Hansel made a significant contribution to the development of epidemiology.

• He studied the relationship of a person with other people, their living conditions, the environment.
• One of the first to study the causative agents of infectious diseases.
• He described in detail smallpox , measles , mumps , malaria and their distribution.

• Chikin S.Ya. Doctors-philosophers.— M .: Medicine , 1990.— 384 p.

• Biography of Janos Hansel (in Ukrainian) .