[Medical literature in the collections of 18th-19th century doctors and pharmacists in Cieszyn, on the basis of records kept at the Leopold Jan Szersznik Library in Cieszyn]

The L. J. Szersznik Library was founded in Cieszyn in 1802. It was formed out of the book collection of I. J. Szersznik, a citizen of Cieszyn who was principal of the Catholic grammar school in Cieszyn from 1786. Today the library has about 15,000 volumes, catalogued according to 27 thematic groups. The Medici section has about 380 medical works which once belonged to Szersznik and other citizens of Cieszyn - doctors, pharmacists, burgesses and noblemen. The article provides their names and the titles and descriptions of some of the medical works that form part of the collection, together with a brief outline of their history, the biographies of their authors, and general content of the publication. In this way it provides information on the medical knowledge of Cieszyn doctors on the threshold of the 18th and 19th centuries.