Miklos Szontagh

* Alsókubin, August 11, 1843 – † Újtátrafüred, December 2, 1899 / physician, botanist ; ; Pioneer of high-altitude climate therapy. Dániel Szontagh Zászkal6, January 3, 1809 – † Nagyszombat, April 4, 1867. He was the son of a royal councilor, historian, genealogist, and flora researcher. He completed his medical studies in Vienna (1868). Having settled in Pest, he primarily dealt with botany as the editor of the journal "Télészetségtudományi Közlöny". In 1873, he became the head of the "water health institute" in Újtátrafüred and, seeing the rudimentary conditions, he started building a new medical sanatorium on a rented area of 20 acres and founded Újtátrafüred. In 1883, he established a new sanatorium, which was the first high-altitude health resort in Hungary that was also open in winter. Here, the alpine climate, hydrotherapy and electrotherapy were used in combination to treat patients. His son, Miklós Szontagh Jr. (Újtátrafüred) also chose a medical career and continued his father's work. Szontagh was a passionate hiker, mountaineer and skier, and was one of the initiators of the establishment of the Hungarian Carpathian Society. He published several books written in Hungarian and German. ; ; His main works: ; Új Tátrafüred klimaty konsultaná szállás. Tíz és météorologiálógik az 10 éves, 1883, ; Képes kalauz a Tátraalji fürdő és mégyedíkére. With a colored map and two topographical sketches, 1885, ; The High Tatras and their mountains, with special regard to the spas and holiday resorts in the Tatra region, 1895, Tatra Guide, 1896, ; Basedow's disease and its successful treatment in the New Tatras in relation to 82 cases, 1899.