The John Brown’s doctrine is not considered as important theoretical and practical concept in Polish historiography of medicine. It was not wildly accepted in Polish clinical medicine at the end of 18th century and during first three decades of 19th century, when it was at the height of popularity in Europe. It was also criticized in Polish handbooks for the history of medicine  (Oettinger, Szumowski, Zembrzuski, Seyda, Brzeziński) as well as in translated ones (Petersen, Haeser). Majority of young historians of medicine use English literature where the so called ‘brownism’  is usually not mentioned at all or there is merely one phrase that it was an over-interpretation of William Cullen concepts who was one of the founders of English medicine. This paper which is composed of two parts shows real influence of ‘brownism’ on European medicine at the end of 18th century and at the first decades of 19th century. This doctrine actually met wide reception at many German universities, both in its original form and in the more indirect way, becoming the base for original local medical doctrines. In the first part, I will show the place of ‘brownism’ among other clinical doctrines of its times created as an answer for problematic situation in medical science at the end of 18th century. In the second part, I will analyze the reception od ‘brownism’ in European medicine showing the factors conducive spreading its ideas in some European countries and the others, stopping its reception in the other countries. The paper was based on my source studies on Brown’s doctrine reception in European medicine. It also contains references to literature which is not wildly known for Polish scholars but it shows the debates over medicine modernization process which was present among German historians.

The text presents the rapid development of medical periodicals in Great Britain in XIX century as well as their prominent founders. The new phenomenon of medical periodicals started simultaneously with the development of medicine and was especially visible in Great Britain where it clearly distinguished itself by the number and frequency of journals when compared to other European countries at that time. 

The aim of the article is to present the functioning of the dental offi ces in the concentration camps KL Stutthof in Sztutowo and KL Auschwitz in Oświęcim. The state of knowledge about dentistry at Stutthof camp is inadequate, because it has not been properly elaborated. In the concentration camps, both the doctor and the dentist, were almost not associated with medical help. A dental offi ce was established in KL Stutthof in November 1941 when Ernst Wedel arrived, in Auschwitz much earlier and the fi rst founders were polish prisoners, who always tried to help the most sick people, but the chiefs were SS-Sturmbannführer dr Karl Teuber and SS-Hauptsturmführer dr Willy Frank. The main tasks of the dentist was to take care of the SS staff and prisoners, but only the camp’s crew was surrounded with full medical care.

The article presents a short analysis of sources, confi rming that the SS-personnel were treated even when the case of tooth diseases was very serious, but when it comes to the prisoners, they could have tooth removal or sometimes jaw surgery. The most important task was to keep the records of prisoners with artifi cial teeth made of gold and other precious metals. After prisoners death, the doctor removed his teeth out and then melted down so that it could fi nally be sent to Goldverwaltung.