Jaroslav Hlava, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jaroslav Hlava

Czech anatomist and doctor

Date of Birth: 07-May-1855

Place of Birth: Dolní Kralovice, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1924

Profession: physician, pedagogue, pathologist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jaroslav Hlava

  • Jaroslav Hlava (7 May 1855 – 31 October 1924) was a Czech anatomical pathologist.In 1879, he graduated from the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague.
  • In 1887, he became a full professor of pathological anatomy.
  • He was rector of Prague's General Hospital and director of the Czech Institute of Pathological Anatomy.
  • He was a pioneer in bacteriology and studied the etiology of infectious diseases and oncology. In 1887, Hlava authored a widely cited article entitled About Dysentery.
  • Due to a translation error, the article was attributed to O.
  • Uplavici in English publications until 1938.
  • The name of author was written in small characters, and the translator mistook O ÚPLAVICI (About dysentery in Czech) for the name of the author and PREDBEŽNÁ ZPRÁVA (preliminary report) for About Dysentery.
  • The mistake was corrected in 1939 by English biologist Clifford Dobell, writing about the history of this mistake in the article "Dr.
  • O.
  • Uplavici (1887–1938)".

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