[Tenth memorial of professor Frantisek Pór, MD].

Professor Frantisek Pór, MD, was one of the most important physicians in Czechoslovakia. He graduated in German Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague in 1926. He was a founder of the first Internal Clinic of Medical Faculty of P. J. Safárik University and of Faculty Hospital in Kosice. Professor F. Pór, MD, was the head of the 1st Internal Clinic from 1948 until 1971. During his active professional life he educated eleven assistant professors and three full professors. He was also a founder of Eastern Slovakian Medical Meetings in Nový Smokovec, High Tatras in 1961. Medical Society in Kosice organized "Memorial of Professor F. Pór, MD" from 1994 every year and the last was held in April 28, 2003 in Faculty Hospital of L. Pasteur in Kosice.