[The Lwow Medical Chamber]

The materials related to the Lwow Medical Chamber comprised in the Special Collection of the Main Medical Library date back to the establishment of the Medical Chambers. They cover the period from 1893 to 1945 and provide information on the details of the operating area of the Lwow Medical Chamber, the number of its members, functions of individual presidents and the composition of changing managements and boards. They also include information on the legal acts regulating the operations of the Medical Chambers and their scope of activities. The archive files incorporated in the Special Collection of the Main Medical Library include 216 archive units, which represent only a small percentage of preserved files: physicians' personal files including personal questionnaires, registration cards and photographs. The articles discuss the above issues extensively.