CZECH MEDICAL DISCOVERIES Plastic Surgery Professors F Burian

CZECH MEDICAL DISCOVERIES

Plastic Surgery � Professors F. Burian and A. Jirásek founded first Department of Plastic Surgery in 1927. Although plastic surgery was discovered by the two Czechs, it is more popular in America nowadays.

Recognition of blood groups � Blood groups were discovered by Czech doctor and scientist Jan Jánský, who presented his discovery in 1907. In the year 1901 Austrian scientist Landsteiner had already discoverd three of the blood groups and Jánský came up with the fourth one later in the year 1907(A, B, AB, 0).

Autopsy � Jan Jessenius, who was a doctor, philosopher, politician and an author of many scientific publications, perfomed the first public autopsy of human body in our country. He used a corpse of a hangman. In the year 1601 he published a publication about this autopsy which helped to the development of anatomy.

Development in Treatment of AIDS � One of the most significant discoveries of the current Czech medicine is the discovery of chemist Antonín Holý who discovered drug Truvada in coperation with his American colleagues. Truvada has been the most important medicine for AIDS treatment.

Contact Lenses � The first inventor of the glass contact lenses was Czech scientist Otto Wichtrle. Unfortunatelly, these contact lenses irritated retina and that is why they were replaced by contact lenses dicovered by William Feinbloom, which we use nowadays.

Thank you for your attention ! Eliška Hozáková