Karolinum očima krakovského profesora: návštěvy lékaře Fryderyka Hechela v Praze v říjnu 1843 a v červenci 1846
Carolinum through the Eyes of a Cracow Professor: Physician Fryderyk Hechel and His Visits to Prague in October 1843 and July 1846

Summary/Abstract: This contribution consists of the biographical introduction and translation of source material pertaining to the history of Charles-Ferdinand University in the nineteenth century, in particular two fragments from the memoirs of the Polish physician Fryderyk Hechel (1795–1851). Hechel, a professor at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, visited Prague twice (in 1843 and in 1846) and described both of these visits in his memoirs. The second fragment contains a unique, detailed description of a graduation ceremony in the great hall of the Carolinum.

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