The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 4/Four Czech doctors studying in America

FOUR CZECH DOCTORS STUDYING IN AMERICA.

The Rockefeller Foundation for Medical Research has granted fellowships to four Czechoslovak physicians to enable them to study American methods of public health administration. All of them had medical experience during the war and one of them was wounded in the discharge of his duties.

Dr. Zdeněk Bernard, 29 years old, received his doctor’s degree at the University of Prague in 1914; during the war he served as physician in cholera and epidemic cases; after 1917 he became assistant in the hospital for invalids in Prague. He intends to make a special study of the organization of hygienic work in factories. Dr. Karel Dřimal was also graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Prague in 1914, passed an examination in ship hygiene and tropical diseases and qualified as an officer of the state board of health. Dr. Hynek Pelc received his degree in 1918 and saw service with the Czechoslovak invalids in Cognac, France. Dr. Jaroslav Hulka, the last member of the party, is a recent graduate who will specialize in tuberculosis problems.

After completing their studies in the United States these men will return to Czechoslovakia to aid in the program of public health and medical education.