THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE OUTSTANDING POLISH SURGEON AND MENTOR PROFESSOR LUDWIK RIEDIGER TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN ABDOMINAL SURGERY. TO THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFENSE OF THE DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Abstract

The purpose of the work — to analyze the scientific priorities and contribution of Professor L. Ridiger in the development of European surgery in the second half of the 19th century. Little-known facts about the development of antiseptics and the contribution of scientists to its development at different times are presented. It is noted that the Polish surgeon, experimenter and clinician Ludwik Riediger, a professor of surgery at the beginning of the Krakow and later the Lviv University (Faculty of Medicine), with his innovative and, of course, pioneering research at the end of the 19th century, contributed to the active development of antisepsis, asepsis, operative surgery of the stomach, colon, spleen and other organs. It is shown that he lived in an interesting time, in an era of great discoveries and opportunities in abdominal surgery; was a contemporary of such legendary scientists and venerable clinicians as: B. Langenbeck, T. Billroth, T. Kocher, I. Mikulic, V. Cherny, C. Ru, K. Gussenbauer, F. Trendelenburg, A. Welfler, etc., who have immortalized their names in world medical science.