Petr Čepek
Ján Jessenius
EpisodeS1E280 min1984-02-27
The Physician of a Dying Time
Anatomia Pragensis
Jessenius came to Prague. He was granted an audience with king Rudolf II. He managed to make the first public autopsy in the town. A body for the autopsy had got from hesitating executioner Mydlář. Jessenius became resident in Prague, and thereafter his wife came also to Prague.