title: Ludwik Zamenhof: a colleague of rare distinction.
abstract: Ludwik Zamenhof trained as an ophthalmologist in Vienna at the end of the 19th century. He is best known as the originator of Esperanto and devoted his life to the ideals of secular humanism and ethnic tolerance. Few individuals left a nobler legacy, yet in a tragic irony when the Nazis invaded Poland in World War Two his family were singled out for persecution.
authors: Midland Eye Clinic, Midland, Western Australia, Australia. idoc@westnet.com.au
authors: Kenneth R
authors: KR
authors: Littlewood
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland