title: [Interuniversity Medical Library in Paris (BIUM) Collection of the Polish theses for doctor degrees].
abstract: The study consist of two parts. The first refers to the history and the present of Medical Library in Paris - one of the richest European medical book libraries, containing among others collection gathered by Medical Faculty and the Royal Medical Society since 1391. An abridged description of its edifice in the University of René Descartes, interior decorations of its main hall and opened quarters, as well as exhibits of the Museum of Medicine History is given. Author rises merits of professor Pierre Süe - surgeon and librarian - rendered by rescue of the library dismembered during the revolution of 1789. Here we shall find references of the most valuable incunabula and rare prints of the collection, distinctive for particular periods of progress in medicine and printing art. The second part of study contains information about unique collection of doctor theses presented in Medical Faculty since 1539 to 1778, and dissertations from Montpellier, Strasbourg and universities abroad - up to 1778. Particularly important seem to be titles of 32 theses prepared by the Polish authors awarding doctor degrees in Paris in the years 1890-1900 retrieved by the author, as completing in this field the Stanislas Konopka's Polish Medical Bibliography of XIX century (vol. IX, article: Doctor Theses - Paris).
authors.affiliation: Głowna Biblioteka Lekarska, Warszawa, Jazdów.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pruszyńska
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic / Q000266:history*; D001868:Book Collecting / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland
vernacular_title: Miedzyuniwersytecka Biblioteka Medyczna (BIUM) w Paryzu. Zbiór polskich rozpraw doktorskich.