Jan Tomorowicz (1787–1831) and otorhinolaryngology
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2009, Vol 63, Issue 1
Abstract
The professional and scientific activities of Jan Tomorowicz (1787–1831), an eminent Varsovian physician, the military doctor and the professor of Royal Warsaw University are presented widely. In his textbook “The Military Surgery” he described such otorhinolaryngological diseases and operations in this region as mastoidectomy, operation of sinus maxillaries, paracentesis, removal of foreign bodies of throat and oesophagus, tracheotomy in more detail.
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Andrzej Kierzek
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