[Ethics in health policy and public health].

The author explains and illustrates by historical references terms such as health policy, public health, health. Next he deals with ethical principles of the health policy in the following sections: a) respecting people and their rights, b) maximalization of benefit and minimalization of damage, c) legal aspects.

[History of the J.E. Purkynĕ Czech Medical Society].

The author presents some basic data from the time of the foundation of the Czech Physicians Society (1862), the predecessor of the present Czech J. E. Purkynĕ Medical Association.