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BartłomiejBeniowski,1800-1867
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drunkenness,forgettingmarried,andforallegedlytakingapotshotatFrank
himselfwhenhewasoutwalkingwithanotheracademicinthewoods.
148
Given
thattherewereonly90Treasurystudentsinall,Beniowskiwouldhavecertainly
knownallthemiscreants,butthereisnosignthathegotintoanykindoftrouble
himself.
JosephFrankintroducedmodernmedicalmethodsinWilno.Atatime
whenitwasnotunusualfortwoormoresickpatientstobeputtogetherintoone
bed,andno-onethoughtofairingrooms,Frankdemandedcleanlinessand
elementaryrulesofhygiene.
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OneformerstudentreportedthatFrank)sclinic
inWilno:
wassoorderly,cleanandwell-appointed,thatinallmytravelsIneversawanotherlikeitin
Europe.Bigrooms,light,waxedfloors,patients)bedsmadeofironpaintedglossywhite,the
bedsidetablesandchairsalsoglossywhite,cleanwhitebedlinenchangedeveryday.
Inaword,thegreatestcleanlinesscombinedwithcomfort.
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Theseideasoncleanlinessandhygienewerenotappliedtoallspheresoflife,
andantiseptictechniqueswerefarinthefuture.StanisławMorawskitells
ofchamberpotsbeingemptiedfromthesecondfloorwindowsofFrank)sown
house.
151
However,Frankwasatthecuttingedgeofcontemporarymedical
science:hefoundedthefirstanatomopathologicexaminationroomintheclinic
andsamplesobtainedfromautopsieswerepreservedinspirit.
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InOctober
1815newdissectionroomsfortheUniversityhadbeenopenedintheruinsofan
Orthodoxchurchwhichwasnowreconstructedtohousethedepartmentsof
anatomyandofveterinaryandcomparativeanatomy.Thereweretwolecture
theatresonthefirstfloor,whereBeniowskiwouldhaveattendedclasses,each
with20benchesinfiverowsandablackboardonapodium,aswellasthree
smallcommunicatingdissectionrooms.
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Bythethirdyear,studentswouldbe
letloosewithsurgicalinstrumentsonpatientsintheclinic,andBeniowskihimself
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StanisławTrzebiński,Zaryshistorii,op.cit.,pp.28-29;JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,
op.cit.,vol.III,p.205.Inthefollowingsummer,FrankwasoffendedatameetinginWarsaw
byWylie)sattitudetohisproposalsforcombattingwhathediagnosedasthediseaseof
thekołtun,orPolishplait(p.227).TheUniversityhadnoofficialvacation,buttherewereno
classesinthesummermonthsandstudentsweregivenpermissiontogohome.Weknowthat
Beniowskiwentawayatleastinthesummerof1821,forthedateofhisreturntoWilno
(14September)isrecordedintheregister:VUBKCF2KC80fiKsięgawpisowa1821-1822,”
entryno.589.
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JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,op.cit.,vol.I,pp.93-94:Frank)scriticismofthehospitalrunin
WilnobytheSistersofCharityofSt.VincentdePaul.
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WładysławSzumowski,fiFryderykHecheloswoichstudiach,”op.cit.,p.151;seealso
DanielBeauvois,Wilno,op.cit.,p.210.
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StanisławMorawski,Kilkalat,op.cit.,p.332.
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Seee.g.:DanielSabat,fiTheHistoricalOutlineofWilnoPathologicalAnatomyinthe
FirstHalfofthe19thCentury,”PolishJournalofPathology,2004,vol.55,no.2,p.18.
153
ibid.,pp.75-81.
