The Curious Case of Dr. Dysentery
Something really funny from the history of medicine. This is how it happened: In 1887, the pathologist Dr. Jaroslav Hlava writes an article with the title O úplavici – předběžné sdělení, in English: On...
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Prague Doctors Inject Alcohol into Patient’s Heart
A patient with a lethal form of heart disorder has reportedly been saved by an injection of 96% alcohol into his heart. Sounds like a funny mixture of taking heartache with a booze, killing...
Can Cats Cause Schizophrenia?
Czech scientists think so. Or, more precisely: Cats can infect you with toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by microbes that may as well be able to trigger shizophrenia. This theory by Jaroslav Flegr from Charles...
Hackerspace Brmlab
“Brm” sounds to me a bit like “Brno” but no, it’s in Prague. Brmlab is a hackerspace launched in mid 2010 that serves as a roof for several hacker activities.
Nazi UFOs over Prague?
There is some evidence suggesting that UFOs were developed and tested by Nazi engineers in Prague and witnessed also in other places of Bohemia, the land of the sceptics. Yet another item in the...
The Prague Don’ts: Geography
Don’t ever claim that Prague lies in Eastern Europe. … while placing Helsinki, Vienna or Naples in the West.
Mysterious Boxes Remain Unopened for 200 Years
Two mysterious boxes – each weighing over 300 kilograms – are the strange heritage left behind by the Czech botanist and pharmacologist Bohuslav Jiruš. While he didn’t give a hint what on earth they...
