[The first period in the history of the Institute for General Biology].

Of the history of the Institute for General Biology, School of Medicine, Comenius University, the study deals with the first period, namely the years 1923-1945. The institute greatly benefited from the activities of Prof. MUDr. Zdenĕk Frankenberger who established it and was its Head in the first year of its existence. From 1925 till 1943 the institute was directed by Prof. MUDr. Jozef Florian Babor. Professor Babor's main interest was focused on malacology and he achieved international reputation in this field of zoology. He investigated the flora and fauna of Slovakia, was engaged in limnology, and cooperated with Professor Frankenberg in the field of anthropology and primatology. Over these years, prof. Vojtech Nábĕlek and MUDr. Bohumil Krajnik greatly contributed to the activities and development of the institute along with Prof. Babor. The Institute for General Biology was already in the first period of its existence reknown not only for its teaching activities but was also internationally appreciated in the medical, biological and historiographic community.