| Discipline | General medical |
|---|---|
| Language | Hungarian |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1857–present |
| Publisher | Lajos Markusovszky Foundation (Hungary) |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Orv. Hetil. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0030-6002 (print) 1788-6120 (web) |
| Links | |
Orvosi Hetilap (English: Hungarian Medical Journal) is a weekly medical journal published by the Lajos Markusovszky Foundation.
Orvosi Hetlap is the oldest medical journal in Hungary[ citation needed ] and the oldest presently published Hungarian journal in general,[ citation needed ] established in 1857 by Lajos Markusovszky. However, it was only the second medical journal in Hungary: the first was the Orvosi Tár (English: Medical Cabinet), established in 1831 by Pál Bugát, which stopped publication by the end of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. [1]
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