The study briefly presents the public law-historical foundations of Hungarian medicine; describes the main peculiarities of the early, unchiseled regulation and the fact that the institutional care of the sick and poor was first dealt with by the clergy and the monastic orders. Real development began in the last third of the 19th century, and the first serious steps in public law were the changes at the legislative level of 1871 and 1876. By the 20th century, the pharmaceutical profession had developed, the organization of social security had been established, and after the Second World War the Ministry of Health was established in Hungary.
As a starting point, it should be noted that the early Hungarian regulations were rather unchiseled. It is well known that the institutional care of the sick, the poor was first dealt with by the clergy and monastic orders. 1 The Benedictine order settled by King St. Stephen (ruler 1000-1038) in particular can be highlighted, as they - as a primary healing order - maintained a hospital in Pannonhalma, in the area of the abbey, as early as 1221. 2 In addition to all this, one of the decrees of King Kalman (ruler 1095-1116) is probably the first piece of health legislation. It clearly states, "Women who have lost their fetuses should atone to the principal."