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1.Berdyczów,Wilno,St.Petersburg,1800-1830
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sixformerstudentswererecalledfromPetersburginDecember1824.However,
medicalstudentsgotoffrelativelylightly.JoachimLeleweltellsusthatatthe
beginningoftheinvestigation,Novosiltsevfiwantedtomakethemedics,as
materialistsandmasons,themainrootofalltheevil,”butwasdeflected
fromthiscoursebythecollaboratingProfessorBécu,whodrewNovosiltsev)s
attentionawayfromhisownFacultyofMedicinetotheFacultiesofLiterature
andLiberalArts,andofMoralandPoliticalPhilosophy.
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Moreover,Wacław
Pelikan,anothercollaborator,whoreplacedProfessorFrankasPrefektofthe
Treasurystudentsinthesummerof1822,allegedlytookitasapointof
honourthatheshouldprotectallmedicalstudentsintheinvestigationsand
reprisals.
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Certainly,aftergraduatingasaFirstClassMedicalPractitionerinthe
springof1823,BeniowskidepartedfromWilnounmolested.
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Withthedegree
thatheobtained,hecouldhavegoneonatoncetocompleteadoctorate,
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but
hewastopostponethisstep.UnlikeKarolKaczkowski,Beniowskididnothave
friendswhocould-orwould-collecttogetherthesumof900Rbstorepaythe
Treasuryscholarship,tofreehimoftheobligationofstateservice.Hehadto
begintoredeemhisscholarshipbond.
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Hepassedoutthirdonthelistof20
TreasuryscholarshipgraduatesthatProfessorPelikansubmittedtotheMinistry
on17March1823.
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Hispostingtothearmycamethroughon19July1823,
alongwiththatofsevencolleagues.Hewastogoasamedicalofficertothe
BiałystokRegimentofFoot,partoftheLithuanianCorpsoftheRussianarmy.
ThreeotherstudentswenteithertothisCorpsortoregimentsinthearmyof
KingdomPoland,theremainingthreetoRussianunitsproper.
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Eachfledgling
medicalofficerwastoreceive150Roublestocoverthecostsoftravelandhis
newuniform,whichhadtobeorderedandtailor-made,buttheWilnoEducation
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JoachimLelewel,Nowosilcow,op.cit.,p.41.
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KarolKaczkowski,Wspomnienia,op.cit.,p.117.
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BJms.3659,pp.154ff.,fiWoddzialenauklekarskichotrzymalistopnieuczone1816-
1830,”p.158:1823;BartłomiejBeniowski,TheAnti-Absurd,orphrenotypicEnglishAlphabet,
op.cit.,p.81.
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StanisławTrzebiński,Zaryshistorii,op.cit.,p.38.
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KarolKaczkowski,Wspomnienia,op.cit.,p.150;JózefFrank,Pamiętniki,op.cit.,
vol.2,pp.262-263.
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LVIAF720,Ap.1,B9,pp.144-147,letterheadedfiMinisteriumSprawDuchowych
iNarodowegoOświecenia,DepartamentNarodowegoOświeceniawWilnie,Uniwersytet
Wileński,RządUniwersytetu,”toAdamCzartoryski,March1823,no.1061,26.IV.1823,
no.184.Afewmonthslater,deathhadreducedtheirnumberto19.
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LVIAF720,Ap.1,B9,pp.154-155,no.608,letterheadedfiMinisteriumSpraw
DuchowychiNarodowegoOświecenia,DepartamentNarodowegoOświeceniawWilnie,
UniwersytetWileński,RządUniwersytetu,”toAdamCzartoryski,Listofdoctorsqualifiedby
theImperialUniversityinWilnotoundertakemilitarymedicalservice19.VII.1823,received
28.IX.1823[inRussian].ThearmyofKingdomPolandwastreatedinthiscontextinexactlythe
samewayastheLithuanianCorpsorotherunitsoftheRussianarmy.
