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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 2084-2086
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Historical Note

The nephrological issues raised during the clinical sessions in the Old Order (Jewish) Hospital of Warsaw

Elzbieta Rybus-Potepa1 and Krzysztof Marczewski1,2,

1 II Department of Internal Medicine Krasnik and 2 Ethics Institute, Medical University of Lublin, Poland

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Jews played an important role in Polish society for over 600 years. From 1918 to 1939 they constituted over 10% of society and 20% of doctors were of Jewish origin. Jewish communities founded their own hospitals, among which The Old Order (Jewish) Hospital in Warsaw was the largest and the most important.

The Old Order (Jewish) Hospital in Warsaw was founded in 1799 on the initiative of a Jewish Commune [1]. In its 150-year history, the hospital changed its location five times. It was founded on Nowolipie Street, and its final site, after 1940, was in the Jewish ghetto. The period of the hospital's greatest development and importance was when it was housed in the buildings on Dworska Street in the Czyste district, to which it was moved in 1902. After Poland regained independence in 1918, the hospital experienced further extensive development. In those days, the hospital was . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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