Professor Tadeusz Orlowski, 80 years

Professor Tadeusz Orlowski--in memory of a pioneer in European nephrology and transplantation.

Tadeusz Orlowski, 90, died of congestive heart failure on July 30th, 2008, in Warsaw. In him, Europe has lost a great authority in modern medicine and a committed researcher with a deep dedication to patient care. Orlowski was born on September 13th, 1917, in Kazan (Russia), as son of Prof. Witold Orlowski, the later founder of the Polish School of Internal Medicine. The young Tadeusz studied m...

Professor Tadeusz Tumidajski

Professor Tadeusz Orłowski -- the founder of Polish nephrology.

285 It is by no means easy to characterize a person who devoted over 60 years of his life to patients, scientific research, education of medical per‐ sonnel, as well as social and organizational ac‐ tivities. Professor Tadeusz Orłowski – the son of Witold Orłowski, one of the greatest Polish spe‐ cialists in inter nal medicine – was born on Sep‐ tember 13, 1917 in Kazań. He studied at the under...

Professor Tadeusz Orłowski -- editor-in-chief of the Polish Archives of Internal Medicine (1963-1994).

284 Professor Tadeusz Orłowski’s position of the edi‐ tor‐in‐chief of the Polish Archives of Internal Medicine (Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej – PAMW) was not only an important part of his medical career but also a great benefit to the de‐ velopment of internal medicine in Poland. The first issue of the PAMW, an official journal of the newly established Polish Soci‐ ety of Internal Medic...

80 Years in Bath

in 1987 decided to produce an edited version of the minutes of the society from its inception in 1908. The result is a narrative that is surprisingly readable and records faithfully what the medical fraternity in Bath were thinking and writing papers about, the clinical cases they presented and how they conducted their affairs. The book which runs to 248 pages was obviously a labour of love for...