%0 Journal Article
%T Medical knowledge popularization in the view of „Lekarz Wojskowy” journal (1920–1939)
%A Płonka-Syroka, Bożena
%J Modern medicine
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/12311960MN.19.016.11835
%N Volume 25 (2019) Issue 2
%P 69-102
%K the journal “Military Doctor”, popularization of medical knowledge
%@ 1231-1960
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/medycyna-nowozytna/article/popularyzacja-wiedzy-medycznej-w-swietle-czasopisma-lekarz-wojskowy-1920-1939
%X 
	„Lekarz Wojskowy” journal was established in the year of 1920. Its main purpose was the popularization of actual standards of medical knowledge among military physicians who graduated from universities of Russia, Prussia and Austro- Hungarian Empire before the First World War. This standard should be used by them in practice and popularized among conscripts. The main goal of the paper is to describe a history of the journal and showing examples of medical knowledge popularization especially that considered social diseases (STD and tuberculosis), infections which caused digestive system diseases and rational dietetical rules at both quantitative and qualitative aspect. These matters were very important for health care of the army and Polish civilians also because infectious diseases risks and unhealthy diet applied also for them. Medical knowledge popularization among soldiers and conscripts was aimed at improving health condition of whole Polish population.