Antoni Cieszyński (31 May 1882 in Oels (
Oleśnica), Silesia, Germany – 4 July 1941 in
Lwów,
Poland
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) was a Polish physician, dentist and surgeon.
Cieszyński was a professor and head of the Institute of
Stomatology at
Lviv University. He became the editor and publisher of ''Polska Dentystyka'' in 1930; the journal was renamed ''Polska Stomatologia'' (Polish Stomatology) and ''Słowiańska Stomatologia'' (Slavic Stomatology). Among his contributions to dentistry are the rules of isometry that allow for the bisecting angle to accurately reproduce dimensions in x-radiology, and extraoral anæsthetising techniques.
During the WW2 in 1941 Cieszyński with a number of other Polish university professors was summarily executed by the invading
German forces in Lviv during the
massacre of Lviv professors.
References
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Zygmunt Albert ''Kaźń profesorów lwowskich – lipiec 1941 / studia oraz relacje i dokumenty zebrane i oprac. przez Zygmunta Alberta'' Wrocław 1989, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego,
1882 births
People from Oleśnica
People from the Province of Silesia
Polish dentists
Victims of the Massacre of Lwów professors
Executed people from Lower Silesian Voivodeship
20th-century Polish surgeons
20th-century dentists
People from the German Empire
1941 deaths
Health professionals killed in wars
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