Professor Josef Charvát and Informatics
Authors:
Štěpán Svačina
Authors‘ workplace:
3. interní klinika – klinika endokrinologie a metabolismu 1. LF UK a VFN v Praze
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2022; 161: 191-193
Category:
History of Medicine
Overview
Professor Josef Charvát, a prominent internist and endocrinologist, has been following the issues of cybernetics and computers from the very beginning. In the difficult times of the 1950s, he was heavily involved in the organization of seminars and meetings of workers in technical and medical fields interested in cybernetics. Later, in his books for the general public, he foresaw a significant application of computers in medicine. His predictions are quite accurate even 50 years after the publication of these ideas.
Keywords:
control – cybernetics – computer science – biological systems – computers in medicine
Sources
- Wünsch Z. Kybernetika, informatika a profesor Charvát. In: Svačina Š, Sucharda P. (eds.). To byl profesor Josef Charvát. Sborník k 20. výročí úmrtí. Galén, Praha, 2003.
- Wiener N. Kybernetika a společnost. Československá akademie věd, Praha, 1963.
- Charvát J. Život, adaptace a stres. Státní zdravotnické nakladatelství, Praha, 1969.
- Charvát J. Člověk a jeho svět. Avicenum, Praha, 1974.
- Ptáček R, Bartůněk P a kol. Důstojnost v medicíně. Grada, Praha, 2022.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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