Ladislav Haškovec

Ladislav Haškovec was a Czech neuropsychiatrist, eugenicist and physician. He was a professor of neuropathology at the Charles University in Prague. In November 1901 he coined the term "akathisia" in the journal Revue neurologique, and with Jean-Martin Charcot provided an initial demonstration to the Paris Neurological Society after noting that two patients were unable to remain seated. In 1905 he founded the first neurological department in the area of today's Czech Republic. He is considered one of the founders of the Czechoslovak neurology.