[The Galleria Nazionale in Rome houses a portrait of a bare-breasted young woman. Tradition, confirmed by the signature on the bracelet (RAPHAEL VRBINAS), has for centuries identified the painting as the work of Raphael and the sitter as one of the "amorous nature" of the painter.]

[Very little is known about the life of Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout (1621-1674), the painter of the picture on the title page. Arnold Houbraken, in his collection of biographies from the early 18th century, reports that the artist was a pupil of Rembrandt sometime in the second half of the 1630s, but remained on friendly terms with his master afterwards. Eeckhout, like Rembrandt's other pupils, often captured lesser-known Old Testament scenes, including the Budapest picture painted in 1664. ]

[The authors describe a patient’s case, who was hospitalized with stomach pain. During the study of the patient, a microscopic examination of the blood vessel helped the diagnosis. Basophil eruptions of red blood cells raised the suspicion of lead poisoning, which was confirmed by a high lead level in the serum. The source of the lead poisoning was a lead covered jug, in which the family stored a homemade syrups that is popular among Hungarians. At several members of the family, who had been consumed the syrup, we measured high non-symptomatic lead levels. The patient and his family were successfully treated with a chelating therapy. The au-thors summarize the symptoms of lead poisoning through a case report. Call the attention that excessive lead exposure in Hungary is rarely recognized, and the symptoms are often misleading.]