In 1995 75 years had elapsed since the time when the decision to found the Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology was made by the Medical Faculty. An Institution arose which trained a great many qualified medical workers, midwives, students, and specialist obstetricians-gynaecologists. In the present article we should like to remember the teachers who have taken over the style of work from their predecessors and educated their pupils in the love and devotion to their discipline. In the last 50 years five Heads of the Department worked in the Second Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. Each of them made part of the history of the Department and imprinted there his or her characteristic image. Our wish is to acquaint you with the message of the predecessors as well as with the contemporary history and development of the Department in the field of education, research, and therapeutics.

2 gynekologicko porodnická klinika 1 lékarská fakulta Univerzita Karlova Czech Republic