Marian Henryk Antoni Zachert (1894-1944) – wybitny znawca jaglicy i organizator systemu leczenia jaglicy w Polsce

Authors

  • Andrzej Grzybowski Chair of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn image/svg+xml
  • Witold Pactwa Doctor, Municipal Polyclinical Hospital In Olsztyn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/AHiFM.85.2022.85.10

Keywords:

Marian Zachert, Maria Babicka-Zachertowa, Polish ophthalmology, history of ophthalmology, history of medicine, Warsaw Uprising, Rockefeller Foundation, trachoma

Abstract

MARIAN HENRYK ANTONI ZACHERT (1894-1944) – AN OUTSTANDING TRACHOMA EXPERT AND ORGANIZER OF THE TRACHOMA TREATMENT SYSTEM IN POLAND

The article presents the biography and scientific achievements of the Polish ophthalmologist Marian Zachert (1894-1944). Zachert was an assistant at the Ophthalmology Clinic of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In 1924 he presented a description of the electromagnet he had improved. He was an eminent expert on trachoma and the editor of “Przegląd Trachomatologii i Okulistyki Społecznej”. He was a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship holder. He organized a system of centers diagnosing and treating trachoma in Poland. He was a member of the Home Army and was murdered together with his wife during the Warsaw Uprising.

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2022-07-02

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Marian Henryk Antoni Zachert (1894-1944) – wybitny znawca jaglicy i organizator systemu leczenia jaglicy w Polsce. (2022). Archives of the History and Philosophy of Medicine, 85, 136-143. https://doi.org/10.12797/AHiFM.85.2022.85.10

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