PROFESSOR HJALMAR AUGUST SCHIOTZ, M.D

Professor Mladen Petrovecki, MD, PhD (1960 – 2016)

IN MEMORIAM / ACTA INFORM MED. 2017 MAR; 25(1): 60-60 Professor Mladen Petrovecki died on August 30th in 2016. He was born in Zagreb in 1960. Mladen graduated from high school in 1979 in Zagreb, Croatia, and enrolled the School of Medicine at University of Zagreb (1). Professor Petrovecki was dedicated to clinical and academic work. As a doctor of medicine, laboratory immunology specialist, he ...

Histiocytic Lesions Cesar A. Moran, Md Professor of Pathology

Poeta Doctus: Professor Slavko Perović, MD and his Amarcord.

Professor Slavko Perović, MD (Preko, Croatia, 17 Feb 1921- Zadar, 16 Jan 2007), a prominent citizen of Zadar and one of the Croatian leading paediatricians, was a man of numerous tastes and great culture. He used to say about himself that he was "an admirer of art and beauty" so that, in addition to his medical profession, he was engaged in photography and poetry. Neither did he neglect music, ...

Re-evaluation of the Schiotz tonometer calibration.

The calibration scale for the Schi0tz tonometers toas tested by comparing Goldmann applanation and Schi0tz measurements on the eyes of 906 patients. The study differed from several previous studies in that both the applanation and Schi0tz measurements were made with the subjects lying on their backs, thus eliminating errors due to change in intraocular pressure as the subject changed from one p...

My Master, Professor Kornel Gibiński, MD, PhD (1915-2012). Pro memoria.

250 “Death can be delayed, but it is inevitable... It is the surest thing in the world that each of us will die. Why should we be frightened about death? It is a natural part of life. One should be afraid of illness but not of death.” These words come from a short interview which Professor Kornel Gibiński gave editor M. Goslińska after the death of Pope John Paul II. In the same interview, when...