Ladislav Haškovec

In November 1901 he coined the term "akathisia" in the journal Revue neurologique, and with Jean-Martin Charcot provided an initial demonstration to the Paris Neurological Society after noting that two patients were unable to remain seated.

Born in Bechyně, Haškovec studied at the gymnasium in Jindřichův Hradec, and later continued at the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, graduating in 1891.

[1] He started medical practice in the laboratory of the National Museum, where he focused on craniology – the science dealing with the morphological description of the skull.

[4] He has visited clinics and institutions for neurological and mental diseases in Moscow, Warsaw, Budapest, Kraków, Vienna, Leipzig, Breslau, Munich, Zürich, Belgrade and Berlin.

In November 1901 coined the term "akathisia" in the journal, Revue neurologique, and with Jean-Martin Charcot provided an initial demonstration to the Paris Neurological Society after noting that two patients were unable to remain seated.

Haškovec lacked a suitable environment needed for his scientific work, and therefore constantly tried to establish a separate neurological clinic.

"[8] In 1919 he succeeded in establishing of the department for neurological diseases situated in Kaulich's house at the Charles Square in Prague.