Tadeusz Ostrowski
Tadeusz Ostrowski (born July 4, 1881 in Vienna , † July 3, 1941 in Lemberg ) was a Polish surgeon and university professor.
Life
Ostrowski's parents were the dentist Antoni Ostrowski and the Austrian Elisabeth Mauler von Elisenau. Because of his love for mountaineering , he was able to climb mountain peaks in the High Tatras for the first time , including the descent on the north side of the Kriváň . Alpine peaks were Großglockner , Marmolata , Jungfrau , Monte Rosa , Breithorn (Zermatt) , Mont Blanc (1910). Ostrowski was one of the founders of the Academic Tourist Club of Lviv .
He completed his surgical training with Ludwik Rydygier at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lemberg . In 1923 he followed his teacher to the chair of surgery. He was president of the Polish Surgical Society and in 1937/38 dean of the medical faculty. As a versatile surgeon, he dealt with breast cancer , tuberculosis , throat cancer , gallbladder and bile duct , cirrhosis of the liver and migratory kidney . With Wiktor Bross he performed the first lobectomy in Poland .
After the Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland , he headed the Soviet Surgical Clinic of the Danylo Halyzkyj National Medical University in Lviv . In August 1940 he visited the All Union Committee on Science in Moscow . The art-loving Ostrowski collected jewelry, silver, furniture, carpets and paintings. With the participation of Pieter Menten everything was confiscated in 1943. He was murdered with his wife Jadwiga Ostrowska on the night of his 60th birthday . The same fate met his colleague Stanisław Ruff , his wife and their son.
Honors
- Order of Polonia Restituta , Commander's Cross (1938)
Mounted Tatra peaks
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ostrowski, Tadeusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish surgeon and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1941 |
| Place of death | Lviv |