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Mineral and Spa Waters, Balneology

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 24 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OSF-BAL-T
  • 2 kredit
  • Dentistry
  • Optional modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

OSP-KT1-T finished , OSP-MR1-T finished

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 40

Available as Campus course for . Campus-karok: ÁOK GYTK

Topic

The main educational task of the subject initiating to form state-of-art regarding use and application of mineral and spa waters in Hungary and EU with special respect of the prevention.

Short description of the course: Delivering up to date hydrological, hydrogeological, physical, chemical, biological knowledge for students of medicine and other sciences.

Lectures

  • 1. Hydrogeology and balneology of mineral and spa waters - Márovics Gergely Péter
  • 2. Hydrogeology of Hungarian mineral and spa waters - Márovics Gergely Péter
  • 3. Correlation of the geological characteristics and the chemical composition - Bérczi Bálint Dániel
  • 4. Hydrology of mineral and spa waters - Bérczi Bálint Dániel
  • 5. Mineral and spa waters in Hungary and Europe - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 6. Chemical characteristics of mineral and spa waters - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 7. Inorganic analytical classification. Presence of microelements - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 8. Inorganic ions, substances an compexes in the therapeutical effect - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 9. Organic ions, substances and complexes in the therapeutical - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 10. In situ water analysis. Inorganic analysis - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 11. Hygienic microbiological analysis - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 12. Arteficial mineral and medicinal waters - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 13. Peloids: genesis, chemical/physical/toxicological properties. Hungarian peloids. - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 14. Mineral and spa water products - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 15. Introduction to Balneology: objectives and history - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 16. Water and ions in the human body - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 17. External cure with spa waters, mode of action - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 18. Mechanic, thermal, chemical and psychic actions, Spa reaction - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 19. Water types in cure - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 20. Application of spa waters to different diseases - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 21. Therapeutic applications of peloids - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 22. Internal use of mineral and medicinal waters, Drinking cure - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 23. Inhalation cure. - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
  • 24. Other natural cures: climate cure, physicotherapy, additional therapies - Varga Csaba (Népeg)

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Neptun

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

-

Making up for missed classes

-

Exam topics/questions

Neptun

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

Rólunk