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BartłomiejBeniowski,1800-1867
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Inreturn,thestudentswereobligedongraduationtoserveforsevenyears
inthearmyornavyasmedicalofficers,orascivilianmedicalofficialsinremote
Russianprovinces.
136
KarolKaczkowskisummedupthepositionofafifunded
student”:
Hewasobligedtotakeexamsannually,achievetopmarks,andaftercompletingthe...
medicalcoursegointogovernmentservice,...whereverthegovernmentsenthim.Usually
theyweresenttothearmy,thenavyortotheguberniyebeyondtheUrals,wherethehealth
servicewasonlyjustbeginningtobeorganised.There,afifundedstudent”gotthesame
salaryaseveryoneelse,butcouldnotresignbeforehistimewasup,andcouldnotchange
theplacethathehadbeenassigned.
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Despitethisprospectofindenturedlabour,Treasuryscholarshipswerecoveted
bylessaffluentyoungmen,irrespectiveoftheirsocialclass.KarolKaczkowski,
whostressedhisfamily)sdescentfromtheland-owninggentryofthemediaeval
Piastperiod,washimselfafiTreasurystudent.”Hiselderbrother,Adam,who
hadalreadybeenamedicalstudentattheuniversityforayearwhenKarol
arrivedin1815,hadalsoputhimselfdownforaTreasuryscholarshipbecausehe
wantedtomakethingseasierfortheirparents.
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ThemedicalfacultyinBeniowski)sdaywasdominatedbyJosephFrank,
whohadarrivedinWilnowithhisfatherin1804fromVienna,wheretheirfame
hadattractedtheattentionofAdamCzartoryski.Writinghisfinalreportwhenhe
lefttheofficeofChiefEducationOfficeroftheWilnoregionin1824,Czarto-
ryskinoted:fiOfallthefacultiesorareasofstudieswhichmakeupthe
UniversityofWilno,theonewhichhascomeclosesttotherequiredexcellence
isthefacultyofmedicine.”
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ProfessorFrank-fibrilliant,esteemed,upright,
lovingeverythingthatwasgoodandbeautiful,andupliftedbyeverythingthat
wasgood,”accordingtoStanisławMorawski
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-exertedastronginfluence
overallmedicalstudents,butparticularlyoverthescholarshipstudents.Hehad
beenresponsiblefortheintroductionoftheTreasuryschemeinWilno,and
remainedinchargeofthescholarshipstudentsuntiltheendofthesummerterm
of1822.
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Heinterestedhimselfinallaspectsoftheeducationofhischarges,
andconsideredhisstudentsfitobehisownchildren.”
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AccordingtoMorawski,
fiHetaughtthemhowtopracticemedicine,andhowtowalk,andhowtowipe
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DanielBeauvois,Wilno,op.cit.,pp.211ff.;MikołajMalinowski,ed.JózefTretiak,
KsięgaWspomnień,Kraków,1907,p.25;StanisławTrzebiński,Zaryshistorii,op.cit.,p.6:in
1820,theindividualstipendwasraisedto190.47rb.p.a.Thenumberofyears)servicerequired
variedinthisperiodfromeighttosix.
137
KarolKaczkowski,Wspomnienia,op.cit.,vol.1,p.58.
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ibid.,vol.1,pp.iii,58ff.;ibid.,vol.2,p.246.
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QuotedinDanielBeauvois,Wilno,op.cit.,p.209.
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StanisławMorawski,Kilkalat,op.cit.,p.57.
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StanisławTrzebiński,Zaryshistorii,op.cit.,p.24.
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JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,op.cit.,vol.III,p.260.
