Julian Aleksandrowicz

Julian Aleksandrowicz (1908-1988) was a Polish medical professional, professor of medicine, a notable specialist on leukemia. [http://www.savingjews.org/righteous/av.htm Saving Jews: Polish Righteous] ] He is known for having developed concepts of comprehensive psychotherapy of persons suffering from somatic diseases. as well as of the ecological prevention of cancer and leukaemia. [ [http://www.wjasc.com/wjasc2008.html World Julian Aleksandrowicz Scientific Congress] , Organised in Cracow, Poland on October 24-25, 2008.]

Aleksandrowicz was of Jewish descent, and after German invasion of Poland (during which he fought in the 72nd Infantry Regiment), he was imprisoned in the Kraków Ghetto (he managed to bury his research data beforehand and recover them after the war). He founded one of the three ghetto hospitals. [ [http://www.pbase.com/zyziza/image/66947484/small] ] pl icon Karolina Olszewska, [http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_naukapl.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=szablon.depesza&dz=szablon.depesza&dep=193726&data=&lang=PL&_CheckSum=2042899425 Julian Aleksandrowicz - naukowiec, lekarz, filozof i społecznik] ] While in the ghetto, he was aided by one of the Polish Righteous, Józef Adamowicz (who was eventually caught and beaten to death by Nazi guards at the ghetto). Later, in 1943, Aleksandrowicz manged to escape the ghetto and became a physician of the Polish resistance, Armia Krajowa in the Kielce-Radom Independent "Jodła" Region, under a nom-de-guerre "Doktor Twardy". Eventually he became a platoon leader. For his participation in the resistance, he would receive the highest Polish military award, the Virtuti Militari medal (as well as other awards, such as the Cross of Merit with Swords). [http://www.savingjews.org/righteous/gv.htm Saving Jews: Polish Righteous] ] pl icon Krystyna Rożnowska, [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,42699,5687846,Prof__Julian_Aleksandrowicz__Nie_ma_nieuleczalnie.html Prof. Julian Aleksandrowicz: Nie ma nieuleczalnie chorych] , gazeta.pl, 2008-09-12]

For most of his life, he lived in Kraków. He was an author of many medical texts (including first Polish textbook on hematology), and a professor (since 1951) and a director of the notable Hematology Clinic at the Jagiellonian university medical college (1950-1978).pl icon [http://medycyna.linia.pl/aleksan.html JULIAN ALEKSANDROWICZ (1908-1986)] ]

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*pl icon Halina Kleszcz, [http://www.medicus.lublin.pl/2003/10/aleksandrowicz.htm Profesor Julian Aleksandrowicz, uznany krakowianinem XX wieku w dziedzinie nauki, już 15 lat nie inspiruje świata medycyny]
*pl icon Aleksander B. Skotnicki, [http://www.ptmag.pl/index.html?id=44670&location=f&msg=1&lang_id=PL Droga życiowa profesora Juliana Aleksandrowicza] / [http://www.uwm.edu.pl/jelementol/polskie%20towarzystwo%20magnezologiczne.htm Profesor Julian Aleksandrowicz (1908-1988)] (mirror)