Gastrologia w podręcznikach Walerego Jaworskiego i Paula Cohnheima w latach 1882-1909 - analiza porównawcza

Gastrologia w podręcznikach Walerego Jaworskiego i Paula Cohnheima w latach 1882-1909 - analiza porównawcza

Katarzyna Golańska Kozubek

Gastrology is one of the most evolving branch of medicine. Its development was started by Adolf Kusmaul’s invention (in 1871). Among polish and worldwide pioneers of gastrology was prof. Walery Jaworski, who is known as the author of the first polish textbook on diseases of the digestive system. The aim of the article is to present diagnostic method and to compare the knowledge in the field of gastrology in Poland and Europe, based on a comparison of the information contained in Jaworski’s books (Short for pathology and treatment of diseases of the stomach and Handbook of diseases of the stomach) with the information contained in the textbook by Paul Cohnheim (Diseases of digestive canal oesophagus, stomach, intestines). Moreover aim of this article is to remind Profesor Jaworski’s merits to polish gastrology and his contributions to the development of this branch of medicine in Europe.

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