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Włodzimierz Jan Sieradzki (October 22, 1870,
Wieliczka Wieliczka (German: ''Groß Salze'', Latin: ''Magnum Sal'') is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of P ...
– July 4, 1941,
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) was a Polish physician, specializing in
forensic medicine Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...
. He was a professor at
Jan Kazimierz University The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (named after Ivan Franko, ) is a state-sponsored university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 1940 the university is named after Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko. The university is the oldest institution of higher ...
and served as its rector during the academic year 1924–1925.


Biography

Włodzimierz Sieradzki was born on October 22, 1870, in Wieliczka, to parents Apolinarego and Zofii z Boratyńskich. From 1881, he attended St. Anne's Gymnasium in Krakow, later in Rzeszow, but completed his final years of high school at the gymnasium in Jaslo, where he graduated in 1888. He began his medical studies in 1888 at the Medical Faculty of
Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...
, where he received the golden scholarship of
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and Empress Elizabeth. On July 11, 1894, he obtained a doctorate in medical sciences. From November 10, 1895, to July 10, 1896, he pursued supplementary studies in forensic medicine and
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in
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, thanks to the Kasperk scholarship under a resolution of the Academic Senate of Jagiellonian University. On July 15, 1896, he was appointed a forensic expert for the Krakow district by the Regional Court in Krakow. On October 1, 1898, he was entrusted with the organization of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the
University of Lviv The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (named after Ivan Franko, ) is a state-sponsored university in Lviv, Ukraine. Since 1940 the university is named after Ukrainian poet Ivan Franko. The university is the oldest institution of highe ...
and its management. He served as the head of the department continuously for 42 years until 1941. In 1899, he obtained the title of associate professor of forensic medicine. From 1904, he was a full professor and head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Jan Kazimierz University. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine several times (1908–1909, 1919–1920) and rector of Jan Kazimierz University during the academic year 1924–1925. He was a member of the Supreme Health Council and the Health Council of the Lviv Region, president (later honorary member) of the Lviv Medical Society, honorary member of the Vilnius Medical Society, co-founder of the Polish Society of Forensic and Criminal Medicine, and a member of the board of the People's School Society and the Polish Gymnastic Society "Sokół". He authored numerous publications on forensic medicine. In his research, he focused on the influence of
carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide consists of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom connected by a triple bond. It is the si ...
on various blood pigments such as
hemoglobin Hemoglobin (haemoglobin, Hb or Hgb) is a protein containing iron that facilitates the transportation of oxygen in red blood cells. Almost all vertebrates contain hemoglobin, with the sole exception of the fish family Channichthyidae. Hemoglobin ...
,
alkali In chemistry, an alkali (; from the Arabic word , ) is a basic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a soluble base has a pH greater than 7.0. The a ...
ne and acid hematin, acid and alkaline hematoporphyrin. Together with
Leon Wachholz Leon Jan Wachholz (Wacholz) (June 20, 1867 – December 1, 1942) was a Polish scientist and medical examiner. He researched and taught as a professor of forensic and social medicine at the Jagiellonian University between 1896 and 1933 and publish ...
, he developed a new method for determining carbon monoxide hemoglobin – the "Wachholz-Sieradzki test", which became part of forensic literature worldwide. At his initiative, a laboratory for chemical-toxicological research was established at the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Lviv in 1927. He perished in the
Massacre of Lwów professors In July 1941, 25 Polish academics from the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) along with the 25 of their family members were killed by Nazi German occupation forces. By targeting prominent citizens and intellectuals for elimination, the Nazis ho ...
, murdered by the Germans on the night of July 4, 1941.


Orders and decorations

* Commander's Cross of the
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(November 10, 1938) * Haller Swords (before 1926) * Knight of the
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(France)


Family

Since 1898, he was married to Karolina (Lina) née Zaremba (1878–1955), with whom he had a son Jerzy, who died defending Lviv, and a daughter Aleksandra (1900–1978), the wife of Polish Army Captain Kazimierz Nieżychowski. He was the grandfather of actor and journalist
Jacek Nieżychowski Jacek Nieżychowski (1924–2009) was a Polish actor, singer, and manager. He worked as a consultant to a Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnic groups * Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin ** Romani language, an Indo-Arya ...
.Jacek Jerzy Nieżychowski w Wielkiej Genealogii Minakowskiego
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References

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