Janusz Zeyland

Janusz Zeyland (born November 22, 1897 in Poznań, died August 5, 1944 in Warsaw) - Polish physician. Curriculum vitae

He graduated from St. Gimnazjum. Mary Magdalene in Poznan, then in 1917 began medical studies in Berlin, but after a few months was appointed to the German army. At the end of World War I from 1918 to 1921 served in the WP. After demobilization he continued his studies at the University of Warsaw. In 1922 he moved to Poznan University, where in 1924 he graduated and got his doctorate and started his work. He worked at the Department of Pathological Anatomy and then from 1927 to 1940 in the Department of Paediatrics. In 1925 and 1928 he conducted research in Paris, where he studied the effectiveness and innocence of BCG vaccine. In 1928 he became a pediatrician and in 1939 became a professor. In 1940 he was resettled to Warsaw, where he organized the Central Tuberculosis Laboratory in April 1941 and in December he opened the first hospital in Poland for lung tuberculosis, conducted at the clinic level. At the same time he conducted a course in bacteriology at the Secret University of the Western Lands. Shot by the Germans in the Wolski hospital during Wola slaughter.

He has published more than 70 papers, including the current "Tuberculosis Tuberculosis" manual. Considered one of the greatest authorities in the field. In 1930 he received the National Academy of Medicine in Paris. Pannetier for demonstrating the safety and efficacy of antituberculous vaccines, which enabled them to be widely used. He was the pioneer of these vaccinations in Poland. It was the first to develop a statistically high rate of tuberculosis among children.

By resolution of the Presidium of the National Council of 31 July 1946, at the request of the Labor Council of the Wolski Hospital in Warsaw, he was awarded posthumously with the Silver Medal of Merit at the Glory Hall in the group of honored employees of the Wolski Hospital, shot in the hospital by the Nazis on August 5, / p> Bibliography

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