The Participation of Jewish Doctors in Popularization of Knowledge and Social Activity in the Kingdom of Poland at the End of the 19th and at the Beginning of the 20th Centuries Cover Image

Udział lekarzy pochodzenia żydowskiego w popularyzacji wiedzy i działalności społecznej w Królestwie Polskim na przełomie XIX i XX w.
The Participation of Jewish Doctors in Popularization of Knowledge and Social Activity in the Kingdom of Poland at the End of the 19th and at the Beginning of the 20th Centuries

Author(s): Aneta Bołdyrew
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion
Published by: Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Kuria Metropolitalna Gdańska
Keywords: doctors; Jews; Kingdom of Poland; social organizations; medical care

Summary/Abstract: In the Kingdom of Poland in the second part of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish community played an important role in social, cultural and scientific life. Doctors of Jewish origin very often worked together with Polish doctors. They were members of scientific and social associations; they belonged to the editorial boards of scientific journals; they published in social and professional periodicals. A huge involvement on the part of representatives of the Jewish medical profession was visible as far as popularization of knowledge was concerned. In cooperation with Polish doctors, they took on strictly medical problems, but they also dealt with hygienic, social and educational issues. They were active members of organizations and initiators of numerous social campaigns of a protective, educational and instructive nature. Cooperation in social and educational areas allowed them to carry out a number of bold initiatives, and it contributed to increased integration of the populace, especially in larger cities.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 27-40
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish