RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Orel, Vitezslav T1 THE NEW FROM THE OLD JF Biomedical papers YR 2009 VO 153 IS 3 SP 235 OP 236 DO 10.5507/bp.2009.041 UL https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-200903-0014.php AB The history of science, the arts, and so on, is often as equally instructive as is the science itself. It forces us to compare our contemporary knowledge with the preceding one and, since in all comparisons one must think more than in a mere one-sided observation, the history of science thus forces us to think more than the science alone reveals.