title: [Famous figures of the Poznań orthopaedics of the period of the occupation and post-war years. Coryphees of Polish orthopaedics].
abstract: In this article author presents, from a perspective of own memories is portraying persons which he met in his professional activity. They participated in forming the orthopaedics in Poznań and different nooks of Poland. He resembles their, often very dramatic, fates and the influence they had on Polish medicine reviving after the II world war. With the special attention he is reminding one of most well-known and valued celebrities of the Polish orthopaedics professor Wiktor Dega.
authors.affiliation: Emerytowany profesor ortopedii i traumatologii, Wojskowa Akademia Medyczna w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Władysław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Barcikowski
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000266:history*; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D011173:Portraits as Topic; D024382:Professional Role / Q000266:history*; D014495:Universities / Q000266:history