Vaskulárna medicína 1/2015

Plaque Christian Doppler ceremoniously unveiled in Banská Štiavnica

At a meeting of scientists, the Royal Society of Sciences on May 25, 1842. Christian Doppler (11.29.1803, 03.17.1853, Salzburg – Venice), physicist of world importance, during their educational activities in Prague for the first time entails a physical principle which still bears his name, in the lecture „The colored light binaries“described the relationship frequencies of light and the relative speed of its source. On October 23, 1847 Doppler was appointed professor of mathematics, physics and mechanics at the Mining and Forestry Academy in Banská Štiavnica, where two years intensive scientific work in difficult revolutionary period. Since 2012, Slovak Angiological Society of Slovak Medical Association in cooperation with the Slovak Society of Vascular Surgery of Slovak Medical Association has actively advocated the shoulder plaque Christian Doppler in Banská Štiavnica. Finally, in the 40th anniversary of the use of ultrasound in medical practice, all efforts were successfully completed by the Slovak Society for Ultrasound of Slovak Medical Association by unveiling ceremony on Belházy´s house in Banská Štiavnica. We are glad that plaque reminding of stay of world renown scientist Christian Doppler was unveiled as an expression of our recognition because measuring blood flow based on the Doppler principle we use in modern sonographic diagnosis in our daily practice.

Keywords: Doppler, Doppler principle, Ultrasound in Medicine, Banská Štiavnica.