“…Bohumil Prusík (1886–1964), a cardiologist and founder of Czech angiology, 8 the head of the Clinic of Propedeutics (1930–40), the internal ward of the Královské Vinohrady Hospital (1940–45), and the IVth Internal Clinic (1945–58) with the laboratory of angiology (1952–63), respectively, bought the first electrocardiograph for the IInd medical clinic (1912), discovered the direct influence of adrenalin on myocardium in the total atrioventricular blocade (1924), discovered the influence of nicotin acid in vessel diseases and founded dietetics as a discipline.…”