Edward Korczyński

This paper is focused on life and scientific achievement of Edward Korczyński, professor of internal diseases in Jagiellonian University, which is seen by many as a pioneer of modern clinic of internal disease in Poland. Korczyński's name is given just aside such great physicians as Joseph Dietl or Tytus Cha?ubiński. It is due to his works nitroglycerine was introduced into clinical practise, and it is him, who first in the world could diagnose infarct of the heart in a patient, which became classical and canonical in medicine.     

Occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in selected Ixodes ricinus populations within Nadbuzański Landscape Park

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Ixodes ricinus ticks within Nadbuzański Landscape Park (central-eastern Mazovian province, Poland). MATERIAL ANd METHODS: A total of 685 of ticks (187 adults, 393 nymphs and 105 larvae) were collected in the surroundings of seven places: Korczew, Sterdyń, Ceranów, Miedza, Stoczek, Sadowne, Lochów. RESULTS: The spirochetes DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 60 samples of DNA (8.8%) of the total number of tested ticks (taking into consideration minimal infection rate in pool by 5 nymphs or larvae). The infection rate in females, males, nymphs and larvae was 18.8%, 13.8%, 6.1% and 3.8%, respectively. The highest percentage of spirochete infection (14.1%) was detected in ticks occurring within the Lochów, while the lowest (2.7%) from Stoczek.     

The celebrity of Polish and French medicine--Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński (1857-1932)

The paper presents a biography of Polish and French medical scientist, Józef Julian Franciszek Feliks Babiński (1857-1932), a son of Polish exiles to France after the unsuccessful insurrection against the Russian occupants. Born in Paris, Babiński considered Poland as his own home-country, being faithful and grateful citizen of France, his adopted country. He made his neurological department in Paris a world famous medical centre at the turn of the 20th century. Currently for every student of medicine or physician practitioner, the name of Babiński immediately associates with the "toe phenomenon" (phénomène des orteils). The discovery of this "sign" (1896) is the crowning point of Babiński's work in semiology. He was a co-author of discoveries known under eponym names of syndromes: Babinski-Nageotte, Babinski-Fr?hlich, Anton-Babinski and many others. Babiński emphasized his Polish origins, expressing his feeling towards two home countries (1922): "I am proud to have two countries--to one, I owe the knowledge, to the other, the country of my ancestors, the elements of my Polish soul...".     

Stanisław Kopczyński, a specialist in internal medicine and neurology--pioneer of school sanitary sciences in Poland

The beginnings of school hygiene are connected with the work of dr Stanis?aw Kopczyński (1873-1933), specilist in internal medicine and neurologist, who after the First World War organised hygenic and medical care in schools all over the country.     

The love of a beloved hapatologist,Dr. Rudi Schmid

Dr. Schmid was a former dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and a liver specialist whose early studies of porphyrins led to several significant fundamental discoveries. He was the first to demonstrate that there were different forms of porphyria. He also developed the f irst experimental model for hepatic porphyria, a model that for many years was used for     

A comparison on antimalarial activities of 5 drugs with in vitro microtechnique.

With the in vitro microtechnique modified by our department, 5 drugs were selectedto compare their activities on FCC-1/HN strain of Plasmodium falciparum. ED_(50)(nmole/1) and 95％ fiducial limitation of the tested drugs were calculated using linearregression respectively with following results: chloroquine 77 (65-93), mepacrine 91     

Prof. Dr. Max Gänsslen 65 Jahre

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