Amphibians of Lublin

The initial period of biochemistry in Lublin.

On September 23, 1944 thus before the end of the war a university was set up which was named after Maria Curie-Sk3odowska (UMCS). Already on September 26 the first meeting of scientists took place, described by Professor Blauth-Opieñska as a “meeting on barrels since no chairs were available and although formal inauguration of the first academic year took place on January 1945 the first lecture...

The Strategy for Telemedicine in Lublin Province

Main role of this article is presentation, in a very short way, most important results of over two years of work board of experts from two universities, two clinical hospitals, city hall and also medical software and hardware suppliers. As a main purpose of strategy improvement of health care level in region was set. This aim will be achieved by telemedical infrastructure development, creation ...

Mucormycosis of Amphibians

Lublin History of modern multiple sclerosis therapy

The earliest recorded description of multiple sclerosis (MS) dates back to the 14th century, but it was the French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893), who made the first definite links between the symptoms of MS and the pathological changes seen in post-mortem samples. He described the condition as “sclerose en plaques” and recognised MS as a distinct disease entity. Charcot’s contrib...

Other Diseases of Amphibians

Amphibians have communicable and non-communicable diseases. The following pages provide information on some of these diseases. Chytridiomycosis, Ranaviruses, and mucormycosis are discussed separately. Reviews of diseases are available in: Berger L, Longcore J, Speare R, Hyatt A, Skerratt LF. 2009. Fungal Diseases in Amphibians. In: Amphibian Biology, Volume 8 Amphibian Decline: Disease, Parasit...