title: The contribution of Ukrainian physicians to world medicine.
abstract: This paper gives information about fifty physicians, from the Middle Ages to the present, who have enriched world medicine. It describes the contribution made both by Ukrainian physicians and those of other nationalities, who worked in Ukrainian lands occupied by Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary and Romania. The paper notes the contribution that these physicians have made to modern medical science, paying special attention to their achievements and published work.
authors.affiliation: Danylo Halytsky National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine. hanitkevych@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yoroslav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hanitkevych
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014455:Ukraine