Počátky neurologie na pražských lékařských fakultách a založení neurologických klinik
The Beginnings of Neurology at Faculties of Medicine in Prague and Foundation of Neurology Clinics

Summary/Abstract: The author follows the development of neurology at medical schools in Prague since the earliest times until the 1930s. Based on lists of lectures, she traces how particular subjects were taught within mandatory courses. In the 1840s, there appeared the first facultative specialised lectures, some of which later became mandatory as part of requirements for earning a degree. Special attention is paid to Ladislav Haškovec (1866–1944), professor of neurology, and his efforts to acquire hospital beds reserved for patients with neurological diagnoses. The first place where he succeeded was in the Hospital of Merciful Brethren Charity at Na Františku after 1905. A separate institute for nervous diseases was established only after 1918 in the Na Karlově infirmary. On 12 January 1926, this institution was transformed into a Clinic for Nervous Diseases and Professor Haškovec stood at its helm until his retirement in 1936. At the German Faculty of Medicine, neurology developed in a closer connection with psychiatry.

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