Józef Polikarp Brudziński (1874-1917). Budował w dniach zamętu i zwątpienia…
Józef Polikarp Brudziński (1874–1917). He Built in Days of Turmoil and Despair…

Author(s): Tadeusz Paweł Rutkowski
Subject(s): History, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Józef Brudziński; history of medicine; Brudziński’s sign; University of Warsaw; rectors of the University of Warsaw
Summary/Abstract: A biography of Józef Polikarp Brudziński (1874–1917) – an outstanding physician, political and social activist and rector of the University of Warsaw. Brudziński specialized in pediatrics and neurology. He gained worldwide fame thanks to his work on meningitis (the so-called Brudziński’s sign). After the outbreak of World War I, he was involved in the reestablishment of the Polish university in Warsaw, and was appointed its rector. In 1916 he was also the chairman of the Warsaw City Council.

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