The Historical Review of the Hungarian Healthcare Supply Part 1

Abstract

In the course of history, war was the most intensive inducement of the evolution of healthcare. The evolution of guns and war machines involves more and more serious challenges in the care of battle injuries both in quantitative and qualitative ways. Therefore, the capabilities of battlefield medics logistics and efficient use of healthcare materials had to improve. In the first part of the article, the authors show this process beginning with the 17th century until the breakdown of the 1848–1849 independence war, and in the second part, from the decades prior to the First World War until nowadays.