Vol 9, No 2 (2003)
Other materials agreed with the Editors
Published online: 2003-03-25
The Zamosc period in the work of Professor Romuald Weglowski
Marek Durakiewicz
Acta Angiologica 2003;9(2):85-95.
Vol 9, No 2 (2003)
Miscellanea
Published online: 2003-03-25
Abstract
Professor Romuald Weglowski (1876–1935) is justly considered a pioneer in Polish vascular surgery. An indisputably
vast experience of surgery (at least 217 vascular operations) allowed him to accumulate a great
number of observations which he shared with others through his numerous publications. Fate presented him
with the opportunity to make use of a wide range of surgical techniques which were modern at the time, while
working as a surgeon during World War I in Moscow and then, for two and a half years, in Zamosc during the
Polish-Ukrainian-Bolshevik War. After the war he worked in Lwow, where he continued to deal with distant
complications resulting from blood vessel damage and also extended his interest to the surgical treatment of
other vascular problems (arterial embolism, arteriosclerosis, vasculitis, Raynoud’s disease and ascites). In the
most difficult period of Poland's reconstruction he was Head of the Reserve Hospital of the Polish Army in
Zamosc. This paper aims at a providing fairly detailed account of Weglowski's Zamosc period, including his
achievement in vascular surgery, as well as presenting the surgeon himself.
Abstract
Professor Romuald Weglowski (1876–1935) is justly considered a pioneer in Polish vascular surgery. An indisputably
vast experience of surgery (at least 217 vascular operations) allowed him to accumulate a great
number of observations which he shared with others through his numerous publications. Fate presented him
with the opportunity to make use of a wide range of surgical techniques which were modern at the time, while
working as a surgeon during World War I in Moscow and then, for two and a half years, in Zamosc during the
Polish-Ukrainian-Bolshevik War. After the war he worked in Lwow, where he continued to deal with distant
complications resulting from blood vessel damage and also extended his interest to the surgical treatment of
other vascular problems (arterial embolism, arteriosclerosis, vasculitis, Raynoud’s disease and ascites). In the
most difficult period of Poland's reconstruction he was Head of the Reserve Hospital of the Polish Army in
Zamosc. This paper aims at a providing fairly detailed account of Weglowski's Zamosc period, including his
achievement in vascular surgery, as well as presenting the surgeon himself.
Keywords
Weglowski Romuald; history of medicine; history of Polish vascular surgery
Title
The Zamosc period in the work of Professor Romuald Weglowski
Journal
Acta Angiologica
Issue
Vol 9, No 2 (2003)
Article type
Other materials agreed with the Editors
Pages
85-95
Published online
2003-03-25
Page views
602
Article views/downloads
1951
Bibliographic record
Acta Angiologica 2003;9(2):85-95.
Keywords
Weglowski Romuald
history of medicine
history of Polish vascular surgery
Authors
Marek Durakiewicz
About this article