Historia Zakładu Radiologii Pediatrycznej Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego (część 1)

Abstract

HISTORY OF PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW (PART I)

The article presents the history of the Department of Pediatric Radiology of the Medical University of Warsaw, located in the Children’s Public Clinical Hospital at str. Marszałkowska 24 (corner of Litewska Street). The only extensive study of the history of the Department that has been created so far is the text by Professor
Andrzej Marciński. It was published several times, in the years 1991-1997. The article is largely based on Professor Andrzej Marciński study, expanding the topics discussed in it, especially with events that took place after its creation. Since the work of the Department have always been closely related with the work of the Radiology Department of the Hospital at str. Działdowska 1, an outline of its history was also presented. Author used mainly a few publications of the history of the Department of Pediatric Radiology and materials from the Archives of the Medical University of Warsaw. He enriched the whole with an extensive collection of memories of the employees of the Department and people associated with it in a various way. The 60-year history of the Department, from its establishment in 1951 to 2011, has been discussed in detail. Since the Department was established on the basis of two existing X-ray laboratories, their history is also briefly discussed. The whole study has been divided chronologically into 3 main parts, depending on who was the head of the Department. A particularly extensive part of the text is devoted to the people who worked in the Department, not only doctors – the work of radiographers and the changes that its specificity has undergone over the decades, have been extensively discussed.