Walery Jaworski (March 20, 1849, in Florynka – July 17, 1924, in Kraków) was a Polish physician and gastroenterologist. He is considered one of the pioneers of gastroenterology in Poland. He is also known for making one of the first observations of Helicobacter pylori in 1899.
Walery Jaworski | |
|---|---|
 Jaworski ca. 1910. | |
| Born | 20 March 1849 |
| Died | 17 July 1924 (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | First observation of Helicobacter pylori |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | Jagiellonian University |
Life and career
editHe was born in 1849 in Florynka, Austrian Empire. In 1868, he graduated from secondary school in Przemyśl. Between 1868-1871, he studied at the Lviv Polytechnic (Polish: Akademia Techniczna we Lwowie). In 1874, he started studying medicine at the Jagiellonian University and graduated in 1879.
In 1899 he described bacteria living in the human stomach that he named Vibrio rugula. He speculated that they were responsible for stomach ulcers, gastric cancer and achylia. It was one of the first observations of Helicobacter pylori. He published those findings in 1899 in a book titled Podręcznik chorób żołądka (Handbook of Gastric Diseases) but it was available only in Polish and went unnoticed.[1]
His findings were independently confirmed by Robin Warren and Barry Marshall, who received the Nobel Prize in 2005.[2]
He is also considered one of the pioneers of radiology in Poland.[3] In 1900, he founded Europe's first Museum of the History of Medicine in Kraków.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Konturek JW (December 2003). "Discovery by Jaworski of Helicobacter pylori and its pathogenetic role in peptic ulcer, gastritis and gastric cancer" (PDF). J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 54 (Suppl 3): 23–41. PMID 15075463. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005". Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Katarzyna Kapuścińska, Joanna Sitarz-Stopa and Andrzej Urbanik. "Walery Jaworski. Twórca krakowskiej szkoły radiologii" (PDF). wple.net (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Ryszard W. Gryglewski. "Walery Jaworski (1849-1924)". khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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