BIERKOWSKI, LUDWIK JOZEF. Anatomical table(Tab. IV) - anatomy of the neck; drawn from nature by L.J. Bierkowski, lettered by F. Frick; taken from: Anatomisch-chirurgische Abbildungen nebst Darstellung [...], ed. by F.A. Herbig, 1827; hand-colored litho, condition bdb., light soiling; dimensions 365x458 mm; no title VERY RARE!
Ludwik Józef Bierkowski (1801-1860) - Polish physician, surgeon, professor at Jagiellonian University, participant in the November Uprising. He studied medical science in Berlin, Jena and Leipzig. From 1831 he organized the Cracow Surgical Clinic, where he worked until his death. He gave lectures on surgery, venereal diseases, ophthalmology and obstetrics. He established the first medical journal in Cracow, Rocznik Kliniki Chirurgicznej (Annals of the Surgical Clinic). He was a member of Polish and foreign scientific societies. He published a number of works, including Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Body and Anatomical and Surgical Atlas of Surgery (in German). In 1830, he received a doctorate in medicine and surgery in Leipzig. In 1831, he became a professor at the Jagiellonian University. During the November Uprising he was entrusted with the management of the military lazarette in Warsaw. He was awarded the Gold Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari. Considered the founder of Polish orthopedics. In 1847 he performed the first ether-sleeping procedure on Polish soil. In 1837 he founded the first Krakow Gymnastics School for boys, and in 1838 organized the first gymnastics classes for girls on Polish soil.
