title: Stanisław Kuczborski (1912-2004): pulmonologist and phtysiatrist.
abstract: Stanisław Kuczborski was born in Lódź on January 31, 1912. In 1937, he got his medical degree at the Medical Department of the Warsaw University. Afterwards, he was employed in a sanitarium in Otwock near Warsaw. As a physician, he was a pulmonary and phtysiatric consultant. After Second World War, Kuczborski performed many managerial duties in Lódź. In the 1950s, he was Deputy Director of the Tuberculosis Institute in Warsaw. He held foreign (Denmark, France) scientific internships and was a member of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Paris. In Poland, he received an honorary membership of the Polish Phtysiatry and Pneumonology Association. Kuczborski published 70 works. He died in Lódź on August 23, 2004.
authors.affiliation: Chair of History of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical University, Lódź, Poland. docmag@interia.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Włodarczyk
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000266:history; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000266:history; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000266:history*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000266:history; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history