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Address:
ul. Radziwillowska 4, 31-034 Krakow
Opening Hours:
The Museum is open with prior notice given by means of telephone or letter.
Contact:
Professor Andrzej Sródka, Director
Phone: (+48 12) 422-21-16
Links:
Muzeum Historii Medycyny
Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
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Description:
In 1809 Professor Franciszek Kostecki (1758-1844) began delivering lectures in history of medicine. This date is recognised as the date of establishing the Chair of the History of Medicine. Lectures started by Kostecki were continued by Professors Jerzy Boduszynski (1768-1832), Ignacy Wozniakowski (1779-1831), Sebastian Girtler (1767-1833), Julian Sawiczewski (1795-1854), Fryderyk Hechel (1795-1851), and Jozef Oettinger (1818-1895) who became the first associate professor of the history of medicine. After Oettinger's death lectures in history of medicine ceased. They were reintroduced in 1910 by Adam Wrzosek (1875-1965).
In 1920, with the appointment of Professor Wladyslaw Szumowski (1875-1954), a doctor of medicine and philosophy, the Chair of History and Philosophy of Medicine was established at the Jagiellonian University. It was the first Chair of Philosophy of Medicine in the world. After 1945 the Chair of History and Philosophy of Medicine was re-instituted. However, in 1948 it was abolished along with all other Chairs of this type in Poland. Reactivated in 1956, the Chair started acting as the Chair of History of Medicine.
In 1900, a professor in internal diseases, Walery Jaworski (1849-1924) initiated the foundation of the Museum of the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University. His great support for the idea allowed him to gather a rich collection of items donated to the Museum. However, the collection did not have a permanent exhibition. The exhibits which miraculously survived the war were not available
to the public. Only in 1992, the Krakow Medical Society Centre opened a permanent exhibition called the Museum of the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University. The collection includes: old prints, manuscripts, documents, medals, plaster casts, diplomas, medical instruments and portraits.
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