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Jan Brod, MD, DSc (Prague), FRCP

He qualified in medicine from Charles University, Prague, in 1937, after which he worked in hospitals in Prague and Vienna. After the German occupation of his country he held a French Government research fellowship until the invasion of France, when he joined the Free Czech Army and served in first aid stations. After the collapse of France he joined a Czech field ambulance in Britain, and duri...

In Memoriam of John T. Shepherd, MD, DSc.

John T. Shepherd, MD, DSc (Figure) was born on May 21st, 1919, in Northern Ireland and passed away in Rochester, Minnesota, on October 4, 2011, after a protracted illness. With his passing we have lost a great integrative physiologist who contributed much to the field of cardiovascular medicine, and to our scientific community. His friends and colleagues will remember his gentle humor, engaging...

Obituary for Prof. Helena Rašková, MD., DSc., Dr.h.c.

Correspondence address: Jana Navarová, PhD. President of the Society Slovak Toxicology Society SETOX Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic TEL.: +421-2-59410679 • E-MAIL: [email protected] world. She took an active part in the education of Slovak pharmacologists, and she supported the development pharmacology, actively helping young Slovak pharmacologists obtain postgraduat...

In memory of Prof. Helena Rašková, MD., DSc., Dr.h.c.

“Old-timers, like me (born 1913) fortunately often do not lose the long-term memory of past events. I witnessed how world pharmacology stepped out of shadow of physiology into a generally recognized branch of science, and its international organization International Union of Pharmacology (IUPHAR) became an established member of the International Committee of Scientific Union (ICSU)”. My friends...

Lionel Sharples Penrose (1898-1972), MA,MD,DSc,FRCP,FRS.