[The character of Dr.Vilém Hons. Facts and thoughts on the occasion of a 100 year anniversary].

In the history of the Medical Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava there are two personalities with great merits as regards the foundation and development of the Physiology department, both pupils of professor Mares--prof. MUDr. A. Hanák and prof. MUDr. V. Hons. Professor Hons to whom this article is devoted worked in Bratislava from 1930 to 1939. He influenced in an important way the development of the Institute of Physiology in the second decade of its existence and made significant advances in the field of teaching and research. As dean of the medical faculty in 1936-37 and assistant dean in 1937-38 he helped the Faculty to resolve some complicated problems; he opposed the pressure of the undemocratic forces and established and reinforced his relations with students in particular their most important organization--The Society of Czechoslovak Medical Students.