Ladislav Haškovec
Ladislav Haškovec (18 May 1866 – 16 January 1944) was a Czech neuropsychiatrist, eugenicist and physician. He was a professor of neuropathology at the Charles University in Prague. In November 1901 he coined the term "akathisia" in the journal ''Revue neurologique'', and with Jean-Martin Charcot provided an initial demonstration to the Paris Neurological Society after noting that two patients were unable to remain seated. In 1905 he founded the first neurological department in the area of today's Czech Republic. He is considered one of the founders of the Czechoslovak neurology. Biography Born in Bechyně, Haškovec studied at the Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Jindřichův Hradec, and later continued at the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1891. He started medical practice in the laboratory of the National Museum (Prague), National Museum, where he focused on craniology – the science dealing with the morphological description of the skull. From ...
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