József Marek

József Marek (; March 18, 1868 – September 2, 1952) was a Hungarian veterinarian and scientist. Marek is best known for his discovery of the poultry disease that would eventually bear his name, Marek's disease. In his lifetime, Marek was known for his studies into various veterinary diseases, and particularly for his co-authorship of a textbook of veterinary internal medicine, which was translated into multiple languages and remained in print for over fifty years.

Early life and education Marek was born on March 18, 1868, in the village then known as Vágszerdahely, Nyitra County in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Horná Streda in Slovakia).

Following his elementary education, Marek completed his secondary education at the gymnasium at Nagyszombat (now Trnava, Slovakia). Marek attended the only veterinary school in Hungary,

In 1897, Marek was offered a position at the veterinary college in Budapest as a clinical assistant, equivalent to an adjunct professor. He did not determine what had caused the signs.

Marek was the first to adopt the general use of the nasogastric tube, known as the Marek tube, for the treatment of colic in horses. Working with Pál Pataki, he developed Distol, a proprietary remedy for the treatment of liver fluke in cattle, which was manufactured at the Chinoin Pharmaceutical Factory. and studied classical swine fever and the horse disease dourine. and demonstrated an electromyography device at the 1900 Paris Exposition.

With Ferenc Hutÿra, Marek co-authored a two volume textbook in German, (Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals).

The University of Leipzig awarded Marek an honorary doctorate in 1930.

Mark continued to be recognized posthumously. Two busts of Marek have been installed in Budapest. The first, created in 1954 by Ferenc Medgyessy, is at the veterinary school. The second, by Judit Englert in 1978, is at the ministry of agriculture. A new building was inaugurated at the school in 1975, and a bust of Marek, sculpted by István Szabó, Jr., was unveiled in front of the building.

The student hostel at the Budapest veterinary college was named in honor of Marek when it was opened in 1973.

As part of the commemorations of 200 years of veterinary education in Hungary, a stamp was issued bearing Marek's portrait on May 25, 1987. In 2001, a street in Komárno, Slovakia, was named in his honor, and in 2007, Marek was awarded the Hungarian Heritage Award for his "outstanding role in veterinary science".

Works Textbooks

Authorized American edition, from the third revised and enlarged German edition.

Selected scientific articles