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Xavier Galezowski
Xavier Galezowski (1832–1907) was a Polish ophthalmologist practicing in France who was one of the first clinical practitioners of his specialty. Education Galezowski was born as Ksawery Gałęzowski in Lipowiec, Poland (after Partitions of Poland, partitions part of the Russian Empire), to Franciszek and Antonina née Szokalska. He earned a degree in medicine from the University of St. Petersburg in 1858 and received a gold medal for his thesis on the ophthalmoscope. After moving to Paris and studying ophthalmology with Louis-Auguste Desmarres, Galezowski earned another medical degree from the Medical Faculty of Paris. Dyce Davidson, Prof Alexander Dyce Davidson trained under Galezowski and Desmarres in Paris. Career Galezowski opened his private ophthalmologic clinic in Paris in 1867. As one of the first private practitioners of his specialty, and due to his skill, Gazelowski's public reputation grew and his clinic treated an average of 8800 patients per year. Galezowski cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |