Jaroslav Hlava (7 May 1855 – 31 October 1924) was an
anatomical pathologist
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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
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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 ''PŘEDBĚŽNÁ 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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* (General article about mistakes in citation, with "O. Uplavici" as an example on page 3.)
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1855 births
1924 deaths
Pathologists from Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovak physicians
Charles University alumni
Academic staff of Charles University