[How the history of pharmacy should be taught to pharmacy students]. / Jak studentom wydzialów farmaceutycznych wykladac historie farmacji? (uwagi praktyczne bylego wykladowcy).

This is a question which by and of every lecturer of the history of pharmacy, especially when there is plenty of information about the subject, and very little "lecture time" available. A lecturer should also remember, that pharmaceutical faculties aim to produce a good expert on medicine, not "an historian of pharmacy". But it is also desirable for pharmacists - experts on medicines - to obtain an elementary body of information about who contributed to shaping the practice of medicine, its variety and ...its kindness. If such aims were achieved - it would be a great score. And if this basic knowledge leads and encourages on independent exploration of the history of pharmacy - we can put it down as due to the success of this first lecturer.

[Reflections]. / Rozwazania (przewrotne) na czasie.

The author remembers the time, when in the gloomy years of Stalin's regime after the II World War, the lectures of the history of medicine were eliminated in the Medical Academies in Poland. A similar thing happened to the history of pharmacy in pharmaceutical faculties, which is why the author is now asking if lectures on the history of pharmacy or medicine were really necessary? After all, many outstanding doctors and pharmacists graduated at that time? And his answer is that it was a great educational mistake. The history of medicine and the history of pharmacy carry humanitarian lessons of great importance to doctors and pharmacists. History demonstrates that they, off all professions should understand the suffering and pain of a sick patient. Knowledge of the history of medicine and the history of pharmacy can only help.

[1299 De sepulturis papal bulla's impact on medicine]. / Bulla papieska "De Sepulturis" z 1299 roku i co z tego wyniklo dla dziejów medycyny?

The subject of the paper is a presentation of the full text of Bonifacy VIII's 1299 bulla De Sepulturis. The author draws attention to a fact that the bulla if frequently quoted as a reason for slowing dawn medieval astronomical research, yet few authors refer to its original text. Thus it is often misinterpreted. Historical facts directly preceding the publishing of the bulla are discussed and in particular the preparation of bodies of Frederic I of Barbarossa and other knights to be buried in their home countries.

[Supplying medicines and medical equipment for the population in Poland directly after the second world war]. / Zaopatrzenie ludnosci w leki i sprzet medycyny (sanitarny) w Polsce w pierwszym okresie po zakonczeniu drugiej wojny swiatowej.

Before the war the country's pharmaceutical industry met 35% of needs. During the war 50% of its potential was destroyed. Such was the situation after the war. The sources of the supply were at that time the German leftovers, UNRRA help, insufficient (8%) manufacturing and import. The article presents detailed data connected with sources the nationalization of pharmacies and the ways they were delt with.

[Portraits of people great and famous and not so famous. Is their likeness really truly handed down for posterity?]. / Podobizny ludzi wielkich, znanych, i mniej znanych. Czy jednak wiernie przekazanych potomnosci?

Basing on an extensive illustrative materials, a claim is made that portraits of people who entered the history of medicine, though imprinted firmly in our memory are not necessarily a reflection of their real likeness. This is evident in very diverse presentations of the same people by different artists as well as in an appearance of their first portraits in some cases several centuries after their deaths. Only the portraits and the sculptures made during their lifetime are regarded as credible by the author.