Janos György Hoffinger

* Brassó, July 9, 1756 – † Vienna, 1792 ? / Chief physician of the mining chamber in Selmecbánya ; ; He obtained his medical degree in Vienna in 1780. He practiced medicine in Zalatná, Oravicabánya, and then was chief physician of the mining chamber in Selmecbánya. Here he described the diseases occurring among the miners in Selmecbánya, and he is considered one of the Hungarian pioneers of social and occupational health. His study was included in the volume that contained opinions written on the amalgamation process developed by Ignác Born (Ist es vortheilhafter, de silberhältigen Erze und Schmelzhüttenprodukte anzuquicken, als sie zu schmezel?, Vienna, 1787). In 1790, he dealt with the subject in more detail in a work published in Selmecbánya. ; ; His main works: Vermischte medicinische Schriften, 1791.