Janusz H. Skalski "Meritorious for Medicine. Europeans connected with Polish soil".

Title: Distinguished Figures in Medicine: Europeans with Ties to Poland. Authors: Janusz H. Skalski, Ryszard W. Gryglewski. Year of publication: 2011. Description: During medical school, we are bombarded with a vast amount of diverse information. We store knowledge about diseases, symptoms, and methods of diagnosis and treatment in an endless number of memory compartments, encountering one or several names almost every time. Who among us does not then ask themselves—who was the person behind that name? How many of these people had professional ties to Polish lands? It turns out that the answer to this question may be surprising, for while the connection of Biernacki, Bujwid, or Rydygier to Poland is easy to guess, the case of Goldflam, Weigl, or Purkinje is not so obvious. Meanwhile, scientists such as Koch, Neisser, Alzheimer, and many other well-known Europeans worked and made discoveries on what is now Polish territory. We can still visit the places where they worked, for example in the formerly German city of Wrocław, as well as in Kraków and Warsaw. What did they accomplish? What contribution did they make to the development of Polish and global medicine? You have no idea how many interesting facts you’re unaware of. I recommend this exceptional collection to everyone who likes to learn more.