Forehead lamp attached to a spectacle frame, early 20 century

Object of the Month: December 2022

Object of the Month: December 2022 Christmas Eve Menu, The Economical Cook Book of Prague (1819) For December 2022, we chose the most popular cookbook of the Austrian Monarchy at the beginning of the 19 century and a few of the Christmas recipes it recommends. Die wirthschaftliche Prager Köchinn, welche nach einem eigenen Speiszettel für jeden […]

Object of the Month: July 2022

  Object of the Month: July 2022 Theriac From the Exhibition Plagues 1521-2021 in the NML Medical Museum Stoneware medicinal jar inscribed with Elect[uarium] theriac[a] in the Museum collection, was made from early 20 century Germany. Theriac, a universal remedy to cure both illness and poisoning and secure lasting health, is normally associated with more remote […]

Gregor Johann Mendel and His Greens: for the 200 Anniversary 

Gregor Johann Mendel and His Greens: for the 200 Anniversary  On July 20, 2022, we commemorate 200 years from the birth of the founder of genetics, the Moravian naturalist Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884). After studies in Brno and Olomouc, Mendel, an Augustinian monk, took his priestly vows, but he showed greater interest in scientific work […]

Object of the Month: June 2022

  Object of the Month: June 2022 Cautery to Stop Haemorrhage and to Cure Plague From the Exhibition Plagues 1521-2021 in the NML Medical Museum Quae medicamenta non sanant, ferrum sanat. Quae ferrum non sanat, ignis sanat. Quae vero ignis non sanat, insanabilia reputari oportet. That which medicines cannot cure, iron [knife] cures. That which […]

Object of the Month: May 2022

Object of the Month, May 2022 From the Exhibition Plagues 1521-2021 in the NML Medical Museum Nickel Milicz, a goldsmith and plate maker in Joachimsthal,  inherited his father’s workshop in 1546. His plague medal depicts, on the verso, Moses stopping the plague of serpents by raising a staff with bearing a brass serpent (Num. 21.6-9), circumscribed with the quote […]

Object of the Month: April 2022

    Object of the Month: April 2022 Knife for cutting clothes and boots of the injured First aid to a person with an open bone fracture, a bleeding wound or heat or chemical burns must be given quickly, causing as little pain and hurt as possible. Clothes covering the wound are best cut with a knife or […]

100. výročí otevření Hlavova ústavu

  21. dubna jsme si připomněli 101. výročí otevření Hlavova ústavu, budovy, v níž od roku 1921 působil Ústav patologické anatomie, Ústav pro bakteriologii a sérologii a Ústav soudního lékařství české lékařské fakulty v Praze, ale za  posledních sto let i řada dalších pracovišť pražských lékařských fakult. Oslavy, původně plánované již na loňský rok, zdržela pandemie. O to bohatší bylo setkání, které připomnělo dějiny české […]