Ladislav Haškovec
Ladislav Haškovec (born May 18, 1866 in Bechyně , Bohemia , † January 16, 1944 in Prague ) was a Czech psychiatrist who first described the symptoms of akathisia in 1901 .
Life
Ladislav Haškovec studied medicine at the Charles University in Prague and worked there in psychiatry from 1892. In 1916 he was appointed professor. From 1925 until his retirement in 1936 he was director of the Clinic for Nervous Diseases at Charles University in Prague. Ladislav Haškovec was married and had three children.
power
His most outstanding achievement is the discovery of akathisia. Before the Societé de Neurologie in Paris, he reported on November 7, 1901 about two such cases, which were then published in the Revue Neurologique . The disease, which today usually occurs as a side effect of neuroleptics , was discovered decades before such drugs were introduced.
literature
- Haškovec Ladislav. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 201.
- Martin Brüne, Perminder S. Sachdev: Ladislav Haškovec and 100 Years of Akathisia. In: American Journal of Psychiatry. 159, 2002, p. 727, doi : 10.1176 / appi.ajp.159.5.727 .
- Pavel Mohr, Jan Volavka: Ladislav Haskovec and akathisia: 100th anniversary. In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 181, 2002, p. 537, doi : 10.1192 / bjp.181.6.537-a .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Haskovec L. Lʼakathisie. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1901; 9: 1107-1109
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haškovec, Ladislav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech psychiatrist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bechyně , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1944 |
| Place of death | Prague |