Herzog Erzsébet, a főnemesi származású orvos
Erzsébet Herzog, a Medical Doctor of Aristocratic Descent

Summary/Abstract: A small but all the more interesting group of university students in the first half of the twentieth century were those Hungarian students who did not choose university studies in order to achieve social advancement, expected financial benefits or prestige. It is probably almost impossible to fully map out the reasons, but we will attempt to do so in the case of Erzsébet Herzog, using the available mosaic of data. Born into a family of barons, she carried out her studies in Switzerland, and then following her graduation from the Faculty of Medicine of the Erzsébet University, she started working in Budapest. Her work is of out- standing importance in terms of professional interest and social responsibility; she is also a unique example of female doctors – specifically of those of aristocratic descent – in Hungary between the two world wars.

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