Jozef Bogusz

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Jozef Bogusz
Birkenfeld family
Bogusz with Pope John Paul II
Bogusz with Erich Dauzenroth

Józef Bogusz (born September 11, 1904 in Ternopil ; † March 21, 1993 in Siegen ) was a Polish surgeon , ethicist , historian of medicine and co-founder and editor of the Auschwitz booklets, which were twice proposed by the Polish Senate for the Nobel Peace Prize, co-author of the work "Ethical and deontological rules of the Polish Medical Society."

Life

Józef Bogusz was born in Tarnopol as the son of the Jewish doctor Karol Birkenfeld. From 1922 to 1928 he studied medicine at the Kraków Jagiellonian University and then worked under the direction of Maksymilian Rutkowski and then under Jan Glatzel in the 1st Surgical Clinic (so-called "Biała Chirurgia") in Kraków, Kopernik Street 40.

During the Second World War he lived in Warsaw and worked in the neurosurgery department of the Christkind Hospital ( Szpital Dzieciątka Jezus ). He was the chief physician of the surgical ambulance. For participating in the Warsaw Uprising , he was awarded the Warsaw Uprising Cross.

“I did not comply with Hitler's Nuremberg Race Laws and my whole family perished. Except for my wife, who had the right to live "."

- Józef Bogusz : Presentation in Rauischholzhausen, Germany 1985, XVII. International Colloquium from August 29 to September 3, 1985.

In order to survive in Poland during World War II, he assumed the identity of his brother-in-law. After the war he returned to Krakow in March 1945 and worked again in the 1st Surgical Clinic ( Biała Chirurgia ), which he headed from March 11, 1948 to September 30, 1974. In 1953 he was appointed professor. From 1966 to 1968 he was Chairman of the Board of the Polish Surgical Society. He was a member of many Polish and foreign scientific societies, including a. New York Academy of Sciences , International College of Surgeons, World Academy of Art and Science, Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, Societe Europeenne de Culture.

From 1959 to 1993 he was chairman of the Krakow Medical Society. On September 30, 1974, he retired, during which he increasingly devoted himself to reconciliation between Germans and Poles.

Scientific activity

Józef Bogusz belonged to the Kraków School of Thyroid Surgery. He also dealt with surgery of the stomach, intestines and biliary tract, as well as problems that arise during operations on older patients. Thanks to his impetus for technical improvements in thyroid surgical techniques, mortality from surgical treatment of hyperthyroidism has decreased from 5.3% in the 1950s to 0.8% in the 1960s. Bogusz was one of the pioneers in Poland in the surgical treatment of cancers of the esophagus and stomach entrance. He introduced techniques for creating artificial intestinal openings ( anus praeter ) and dealt with psychological problems of operated patients.

In addition, one of his passions was the history of surgery.

Publications

Józef Bogusz is the author of several medical textbooks and more than 200 scientific dissertations published in Poland and abroad. Part of this research concerns the history of Polish surgery and ethical issues, including:

  • “The doctor and his patients” - “Lekarz i jego chorzy”, Józef Bogusz PZWL, ISBN 83-200-0853-0
  • "In the service of human life and health" - "W służbie zdrowia i życia ludzkiego"
  • "Professors of the UJ Medical Faculty (Jagiellone University) as scientists and soldiers of the resistance movement" - "Profesorowie Wydziału Lekarskiego UJ jako uczeni i żołnierze ruchu oporu"
  • “Portraits of Polish Surgeons” - “Sylwetki chirurgów polskich” ISBN 83-04-01253-7
  • “Outline of the History of Polish Surgery” - “Zarys dziejów chirurgii polskiej” ISBN 978-83-200-4211-5

The Historical Commission of Polish Surgeons ("Komisja Historyczna Towarzystwa Chirurgów Polskich") was the initiator of the book "Outline of the History of Polish Surgery". The introduction says that the book is

“… Dedicated not only to the memory of the great, whose names are generally known and valued, but also to the nameless multitude of surgeons whose work and actions are not mentioned in our memories. The book was written in memory of younger colleagues who should get to know their own origins, but also for those who are enthusiastic about modern technology, who tend to claim that there was nothing before them. They should know that history will only respect them if they will also respect history. "

Józef Bogusz has worked as a senior editor in the publication of textbooks for nursing, for example:

  • "Surgery for Nurses" - "Chirurgia dla pielęgniarek", PZWL Warszawa 1962
  • "Encyclopedia for Nurses" - "Encyklopedia dla pielęgniarek"

His services as co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Auschwitz booklets of the “Ärztliche Rundschau”, which were dedicated to the detailed documentation of the events of the Second World War and at the same time were looking for possibilities for a German-Polish rapprochement, are highlighted.

In 1987 a German anthology was published:

  • "Die Auschwitz-Hefte" Texts from the Polish magazine "Przegląd Lekarski" on historical, psychological and medical aspects of life and death in Auschwitz. Published by the Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Beltz Verlag ISBN 3 407 85501 X ,
  • New edition 1994 by Rogner & Bernhard GmbH & Co. Verlag KG, Hamburg ISBN 3-8077-0282-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Groby profesorów UJ na Cmentarzu Rakowickim (pol.). www.dziennikpolski24.pl/. [1. June 2012].
  2. ^ Zdzisław Jan Ryn: W 66. rocznicę wyzwolenia obozu Auschwitz-Birkenau (pol.). W: Alma Mater No. 133 [on-line]. http://www2.almamater.uj.edu.pl . [1. June 2012]. ss. 53-55.
  3. ↑ Współpraca Towarzystwa Lekarskiego Krakowskiego I Okręgowej Izby Lekarskiej w Krakowie z lekarzami z zagranicy, szczególnie pochodzenia polskiego (pol.). http: //www.tlk.cm-uj.krakow  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . [2. June 2012].@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.tlk.cm-uj.krakow  
  4. ↑ Prof. Józef Bogusz (1904–1993), Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Lista pamięci, http://www.uj.edu.pl , [1. June 2012]
  5. ↑ a b c d e Rita Pagacz-Moczarska: Życie pełne pasji (pol.). W: Alma Mater No. 60/2004 [on-line] Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . [1. June 2012] @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www3.uj.edu.pl
  6. ↑ a b c red. Józef Bogusz: Encyklopedia dla pielęgniarek. Warszawa: Państwowy Zakład Wydawnictw Lekarskich, 1990. ISBN 83-200-1191-4
  7. ↑ Józef Bogusz: Lekarz i jego chorzy. Wydawnictwo Literackie 1979 r., Wyd. 2. PZWL 1984 r.
  8. ↑ Zdzisław Gajda, Józef Bogusz: Chirurgia w dobie zaborów> Kraków. W: W służbie zdrowia i życia ludzkiego. s. 79-130
  9. ^ Julian Aleksandrowicz, Józef Bogusz, Bronisław Mach, Zdzisław Marek: Profesorowie Wydziału Lekarskiego UJ jako uczeni i żołnierze ruchu oporu. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. ISBN 8304009439
  10. ↑ Witold Rudowski, Józef Bogusz: Sylwetki chirurgów polskich. Polska Akademia Nauk, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. ISBN 83-04-01253-7
  11. Jump up ↑ a b Józef Bogusz, Krzysztof Brożek, Tadeusz Brzeziński, Zdzisław Gajda, Roman T. Góral, Andrzej Karwowski, Andrzej Kortas, Roman K. Meissner, Wojciech Noszczyk, Teresa Ostrowska, Witold J. Rudzedawski, Eugenziusz Sieókowski , Wanda Wojtkiewicz-Rok. Przedmowa - Aleksander Gieysztor; Posłowie - Jan Nielubowicz: Zarys dziejów chirurgii polskiej. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1989.
  12. ^ Józef Bogusz: Chirurgia dla pielęgniarek. Warszawa: Państwowy Zakład Wydawnictw Lekarskich, 1964
  13. ↑ Prof. Józef Bogusz (1904–1993), Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Lista pamięci, http://www.uj.edu.pl , [2. June 2012]
personal data
SURNAME Bogusz, Józef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish surgeon, ethicist and medical historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Ternopil
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1993
Place of death Wins