[A look on a half century of activity of the Wrocław Division of the Polish Society of History of Medicine and Pharmacy]

The Wrocław division of the Polish Society of the History of Medicine was founded on 16th June 1957 as one of the seven branches of the Society. In its history one can distinguish three main stages of activity, comprising the years 1957-1972, 1976-1990 and since 1991 up to the present. In the years 1973-1976 some disagreements between the General Board of the Society and the local authorities of the Society led to a temporary break in its activity. The most frequently appearing issues during the meetings of the Society comprised first of all biographies of famous physicians since Renessaince up to the present, issues related to the history of medicine in the Lower Silesia and history of the Lvowian school of medicine, the so called nazi medicine as well as history of pharmacy. The members of the Wrocław Division of the Society took part in numerous conferences both in the country and abroad.