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| Watercolor by the neuroanatomist János Szentágothai, an honorary member of the IASP. This work is one of two which appears in the Festschrift, Szentágothai János ünneplése, edited by Számú Példány, which celebrated his 75th birthday in 1986 |
The IASP was founded in 1973. Because of the “iron curtain” which separated
the middle and eastern European countries from the western world, the
multidisciplinary approach to treat chronic pain and the establishment
of pain clinics was unknown in Hungary. The Hungarian Section of Analgesia
was founded in the mid 1980s, but belonged to the Hungarian Society of
Anesthesiology. It hosted the 1992 IASP Council meeting, with a session
celebrating János Szentágothai and other prominent Hungarian scientists.
In 1996, it incorporated in Budapest as a separate society under the name
"Hungarian Pain Society," with D. Embey-Isztin as the first President.
Adapted from report by D. Embey-Isztin, President of the Hungarian Pain Society
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| Portrait of Miklós (Nicholas) Jancsó, from Gábor Jancsó's "Histamine, capsaicin and neurogenic inflammation: a historical note on the contribution of Miklós (Nicholas) Jancsó (1903-1963) to sensory pharmacology." In: I. Berczi and J. Szélenyi (Eds.). Advances in Psychoneuroimmunology. New York: Plenum Press, 1994 |
Cover from the first issue
of Fájdalom (Pain), 2000