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1.Berdyczów,Wilno,St.Petersburg,1800-1830
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theirnoses,andhowtostandupandhowtositdown.”
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Kaczkowskiputit
moreprosaically,notingthatFrank:
tookcareofdetailswhileneverreducingthepersonalfreedomofthestudent,aslongasthis
freedomdidnotcrosstheboundsofpropriety.Healwaysnoticedgreaterabilityormore
conscientiouswork,andevenoutsidethewallsoftheuniversity,hedidnotceasetosupport
withcounselandprotectionthosewhodidwellonhiscourses.
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FranklecturedinLatin.FryderykHechel,laterprofessoroftheHistoryof
MedicineandForensicMedicineattheJagiellonianUniversity,whostudied
underFrankinWilno,tellsusthattheProfessornotonlyinsistedthatstudents
shouldkeepcarefulrecordsofpatients)medicalhistory,butalsofithatweshould
writeouraccountsinthebestpossibleLatinstyle”-leadingthescholarstovie
forthehonourofproducingthemostelegantreports,thebestofwhichwere
enteredinafigoldenbook.”
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Frankwasinterestedinmorethanstyle:he
encouragedtheyoungmentoconsidertheirsocialresponsibilities,andhewasat
thesametimeverystrictwithhisstudents:
Youhadtogoregularlytohislectures,keepthepatient)srecordsheetintheclinicwithtotal
accuracy,andalwayshaveinmindwhathehadsaidinlecturesorintheclinic.
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Frankhimselfsaysthatthereweretwothingshewouldnottolerateduring
lectures-yawningandlookingatawatch:fiIngeneralIdemandedthatinthe
auditorium,asintheclinic,theybehavedinawaythatisacceptableinpolite
society.”
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HekeptaparticularlysterneyeontheTreasurystudents.Afewwere
badlybehaved,andFrankwasastricttaskmaster.Ifthescholarshipholdersdid
notdowellenough,theyhadtoreturnthecostsincurredintheireducation;if
theywereunabletodoso,Frankthrewthemoutandpublishedtheirnamesin
thenewspapers.Studentsweresenttothearmyassurgeon)sassistantsfor
unauthorisedabsenceandin1819Frankplacedtwentystudentsunderhouse
arrestforreturninglatefromthesummervacation.Onthisoccasion,duringTsar
AlexanderI)svisittoWilno,Frankhadbeencaughtoutbyaninspectionofhis
InstitutebySirJamesWylie,headoftheImperialMedicalandSurgical
AcademyinSt.PetersburganddirectoroftheMedicalDepartmentofthe
ImperialMinistryofWar.Hehadthereforebroughtintwentyself-supporting
studentstoplaytheroleofscholarship-holders-agroupthatverypossibly
includedBeniowski.In1821,otherTreasurystudentswereexpelledforhabitual
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StanisławMorawski,Kilkalat,op.cit.,p.210.
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KarolKaczkowski,Wspomnienia,op.cit.,vol.1,p.68.
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WładysławSzumowski,fiFryderykHecheloswoichstudiachwUniwersytecie
Wileńskim,urywekzpamiętników”[in]KsięgapamiątkowakuuczczeniuCCCLrocznicy,
op.cit.,p.152.
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KarolKaczkowski,Wspomnienia,op.cit.,vol.1,pp.61,68.
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JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,op.cit.,vol.I,p.127.
