A Magowska

Publications of A Magowska

• The relationship between Polish and Scottish pharmacies.

  Authors: A Magowska

  Pharmaceutical historian. 07/2000; 30(2):24.

• [The report from the XIX National Congress of Polish Historians of Medicine and Pharmacy]

  Authors: A Magowska

  Archiwum historii i filozofii medycyny / Polskii Towarzystwo Historii Medycyny i Farmacji. 02/2000; 63(3-4):11-4.

• [The development of pharmacology in Poznan in the years 1918-1939]

  Authors: A Magowska

  Kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki : Kwartal'nyĭ zhurnal istorii nauki i tekhniki -. 02/1999; 44(1):77-86.

  In the years 1918-1939, research in the field of pharmacology in Poznan was conducted mainly by graduates of Russian universities, Professors: J.H. Lubieniecki and A. Trzecieski. Just like the lastIn the years 1918-1939, research in the field of pharmacology in Poznan was conducted mainly by graduates of Russian universities, Professors: J.H. Lubieniecki and A. Trzecieski. Just like the last Head of the Chair of Pharmacology of the Poznan University in that period, Professor R. Leszczynski, they had a comprehensive background as physicians, which they owed both to their medical studies, and to periods of study and research abroad. One of the main achievements of the Poznan pharmacologists was to introduce the lastest clinical methods, such as using medicines to affect isolated organs. Today, many of their attainments are only of historical relevance, for they were mainly concerned with medicines derived from plants, which have largely been supplanted by synthetic drugs in the period after World War Two.

• [Professor Stanislaw Biniecki (1907-1999)]

  Authors: A Magowska

  Archiwum historii i filozofii medycyny / Polskii Towarzystwo Historii Medycyny i Farmacji. 02/1999; 62(3):261-3.

• [The relation between the collecting of wild-growing medicinal plants and the protection of nature in Poland]

  Authors: A Magowska

  Kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki : Kwartal'nyĭ zhurnal istorii nauki i tekhniki -. 02/1999; 44(2):95-105.

  The paper presents a rather little known problem connected with the history of Polish herbalism, namely the collecting of medicinal plants growing in the wild during World War One. The plants wereThe paper presents a rather little known problem connected with the history of Polish herbalism, namely the collecting of medicinal plants growing in the wild during World War One. The plants were collected by members of the poorest and least educated social groups, who had little knowledge about the plants they collected and were interested mainly in easy gain. This led to the depletion of many stands of medicinal plants. Scientists, like Wladyslaw Szafer, supported the collecting of medicinal plants at first, but once they realised its wasteful effects, they began to make efforts to protect the natural resources of medicinal plants. In the 1930s the collecting of plants growing in the wild was being gradually replaced by the cultivation of such plants. At the same time, herb collectors were being registered and trained. The 1934 act on the protection of nature also contributed to preserving medicinal plants in the wild.

• [The organization of pharmaceutical supply in Wielkopolska in the period from 1945 to 1998]

  Authors: A Magowska

  Medycyna nowozytna : studia nad historia medycyny / Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii Nauki. 02/1999; 6(1):119-51.

  The Archive of the Poznan CEFARM, located in a three-story building at 15 Mostowa St. in Poznan, comprises a collection, difficult to assess in terms of its size, which documents the operations ofThe Archive of the Poznan CEFARM, located in a three-story building at 15 Mostowa St. in Poznan, comprises a collection, difficult to assess in terms of its size, which documents the operations of pharmacies in Wielkopolska within nearly 50 years. A small part of this collection, i.e. only approximately 8-10 running meters of archives, constitutes the documents of management boards (which appear under different names) of entities which acted as a head-office for the pharmacies. Archives filed in portfolios and paginated documents are of diverse historical value. Numerous balance sheets indicating the execution of plans above the expected limits are less valuable. However, the minutes from the meetings of the boards of directors and the boards of the Trade Unions of the Medical Care Organization's employees as well as as post-audit reports of the Chief Board of Supervision are quite useful for a historian. The statistical data presenting the development of this entity and the reporting pharmacies sometimes Missing documents on the operations of the Independent and Autonomous Trade Union "Solidarity" from the periods 1980-1981 and 1989-1990 are a characteristic phenomenon. They were lost in unexplained circumstances. The organization of pharmaceutical supply in Poland in 1945-1998 is an interesting issue for research, since the State's political and economic system changed twice in this period. The abolition of private ownership in pharmacy and in the wholesale distribution of medicines, medical materials and sanitary goods in 1951 and the democratic changes commenced with the Round Table Negotiations in 1989 significantly influenced the system of pharmaceutical supply, which proves its strong dependence on politics. In 1945-1951 the system was characterised by excessive development of central and provincial administration, comprehensive reporting and, following the Soviet Union, the application of principles of central planning and central management. The establishment of the state's monopoly in the area of wholesale and retail distribution of medicines did not result in the considerable development of the network of pharmacies and increased availability of medicines expected by the society and proclaimed by the authorities. It was typical that the State-owned pharmaceutical wholesalers, existing in 1951-1989, aimed at indoctrinating their staff through a broad offer of social benefits available in a wider range for those persons who participated in welfare work and other profession unrelated activities of ideological nature.

• [Jan Marian Dobrowolski--botanist and expert in herbalism (1886-1958)]

  Authors: A Magowska

  Kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki : Kwartal'nyĭ zhurnal istorii nauki i tekhniki -. 02/1994; 39(3-4):73-84.

  A botanist by education, Jan M. Dobrowolski devoted his whole life to the advancement of pharmacy. Working at the universities of Warsaw and Poznań, he organized medicinal herbs cultivation projects,A botanist by education, Jan M. Dobrowolski devoted his whole life to the advancement of pharmacy. Working at the universities of Warsaw and Poznań, he organized medicinal herbs cultivation projects, for which he developed a theoretical basis. He also gave lectures for students of pharmacy, taking care to provide them with a comprehensive and modern eduction. Some of the less known episodes of his life include his participation in the formation of the scouting movement in Poland, his religious and ethical activity, his journalistic experiences, and his role in organizing mass-scale collection of medicinal herbs in the years of the Second World War. After the war he continued his research as well as organizational and didactic work at the University of Poznań.