title: [The picture of Polish practicing otolaryngologist at the turn of the 19th century].
abstract: The life, scientific, professional and organizational achievements are presented of Władysław Wróblewski (1860-1906), a distinguished Polish otolaryngologist, head of the out-patients department of Protestant Hospital in Warsaw with a wide experiences with the educational medical institutions abroad (especially at A. Politzer in Vienna). Dr. Wrólewski was a well-known Varsovian physician living in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in Warsaw. He was a author of numerous scientific publications. His achievements in rynology and laryngology are presented in more details, particularly those surgical treatment of larynx tuberculosis, the neoplasms of upper respiratory tract, surgical treatment of tonsils. The author discussed his view on certain nose, pharynx and larynx diseases, their diagnosis and therapy. Dr. Wróblewski was a co-editor of the Polish medical periodical "Gazeta Lekarska"; he was also a good teacher of a great number of distinguished laryngologists. The personality traits of this appreciated man were also depicted.
authors.affiliation: Przemysłowego Zespołu Opieki Zdrowotnej Wrocław-Fabryczna.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kierzek
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland
vernacular_title: "Wizerunek polskiego otolaryngologa-praktyka z przełomu XIX i XX stulecia".