Pediatria pre prax 4/2016
Father of the stress, Hans Selye (1907-1982) and his ancestors in county Trencsén (Slovakia)
Hans Selye regarded himself as the fourth generation of medical dynasty, but in his books he did not name his ancestors. Based on facts from archives and contemporary literature the author demonstrated that the grandfather of Hans Selye was called Schlesinger and he worked in Pruszka (today: Pruské) in county Trencsén as a district physician.
Keywords: Hans Selye, Hugo Selye, Samuel Schlesinger, Pruszka/Pruské, county Trencsén
