title: Stanisław Skalski (1870-1937): an eminent Lódź doctor.
abstract: : Stanisław Skalski was an eminent Polish specialist in internal medicine. He lived at the turn of the 20th century. He received his medical doctor's diploma at the Kiev University. His professional career and social activity were associated with Lódź where he performed a variety of management functions, among others he held the office of the Chancellor of the City School Board and the Head of the Health Department of the Provincial Office of Lódź. It was the accomplishment of doctor Stanisław Skalski to introduce obligatory anti-smallpox vaccinations in Lódź (1914) and to promote activities for the improvement of school hygiene and children health.
authors.affiliation: Department of History of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical University, Lódź, Poland. wiktoria119@op.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cisińska
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000266:history