From the history of neurology in Slovakia.

According to archive sources, neurology in Slovakia started to develop in the first half of the past century. It was determined by two important events--the constitution of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918, and the foundation of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University in Bratislava in 1919. In the new state, for the first time in their history, the Slovaks were given the access to national university education and the opportunity to develop science in Slovakia. The history of the first Department of Neurology of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University as well as neurology in Slovakia started on September 21, 1919 and was assigned to prof. MUDr. Zdenek Myslivecek, a professor of psychiatry and neurology. The further heads of this department were prof. MUDr. Miroslav Krivý, prof. MUDr. Stanislav Krákora. They devoted their scientific work to the problems of neuropathology, neurohistology, etc. Their department successors, professors Karol Matulay and Jozef Cernácek were Slovak physicians. Prof. Cernácek focused his work on the problems of neuroinfection, its resulting conditions and the dominance and interaction of the hemispheres. Prof. Matulay devoted his attention to epileptology and rehabilitation in psychiatry. Owing to their merit the neurological clinics engaged experts that were starting to grow in Slovakia, who were educated at the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava. Owing to the merit of Dr. Závodný in Nitra, Dr. Gaspar in Levoca, Dr. Matis in Trencín, Dr. Hympán in Kosice, Dr. Trávnik in Martin and others, neurology has developed in Slovakia. The development of neurology was supported substantially by the foundation of the second Faculty of Medicine in Kosice in 1948. Both faculties helped in the education of experts and in the improvement in health care in this sphere, scientific research, postgradual education, as well as in contacts with foreign experts. The treatment of neurological diseases contributed to the gradual improvement of health in the Slovak population. (Ref. 6.).

[The first selective coronarographies in the former Czecho-Slovakia]. / Prvé selektívne koronarografie v bývalom Cesko-Slovensku.

The study observes the history and the beginning of selective coronarographies performed in the territory of the Slovak Republic. The first aortocoronary bypass in Slovakia was performed in Bratislava. It was realized by the team of the Surgical Clinic of Academician Dérer in november 1969, namely on the basis of coronarographic examinations which were performed by Smrecanský, Cagán and Krajcovic. Coronographies have been performed in the Central X-ray Department of the Hospital and Clinic of Academician Dérer since the end of the year 1968. During the period of december 1968 to june 1970 selective coronographies were realized in 70 patients and they represented the first performances of this method in former Czechoslovakia. (Ref. 8.)

[An overview of legal amendments in the campaign against venereal diseases during the first Czechoslovak Republic]. / Prehl'ad právnych úprav boja proti pohlavným chorobám v období I. CSR.

The incidence of venereal diseases had a rising trend after the first world war. After the foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic this problem had to be resolved. During the first years legal regulations on VD from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy were still in force. The authors give an account of the regulations and of attempts of Czechoslovak state organs to resolve this problem by new legal regulations.