ZAMYŠLENÍ KE STÉMU JUBILEU NAROZENÍ PROFESORA MUDR. KARLA SYMONA.

This year marks 100 years since the birth of one of the founders of the Medical Faculty of Hygiene, the current 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, prof. Karel Symon, MD. The successful beginnings and quality instruction in the following years was due to a number of experts - university teachers. Prof. Karel Symon, MD, belonged to the prominent personalities of the time. The hundredth anniversary of his birth is a timely reminder of his professional profile and his significant share in tuition and in the progress of our modern understanding of hygiene, focused on acquiring knowledge based on objective evidence of harm to the health of local populations exposed to adverse environmental factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]