Josif Holec

Born in 1835 in Tuřice in Bohemia, Josif Holec first studied medicine in Prague and then in Vienna.

He moved to Serbia, where he was employed as a district physician in Paraćin, and sometime later in Kruševac.

Among his many duties were preparing laws and regulations for the military medical corps with his professional colleagues Lazar Dokić and Filip Tajšić in case of war.

[3] Also, he took part in Serbian-Turkish Wars of 1876 to 1878 and in 1885 he was at the battlefront in the Serbian-Bulgarian War, performing important duties as head of the medical corps of the Drina Division under the command of General Milutin Jovanović.

[1] For his work, Josif Holec was awarded Order of the Cross of Takovo and numerous other decorations.