TY - JOUR
TI - The activities of the Medical Sciences History Committee at the Science Council of the Ministry of Health between 1952–1956, as detailed in documents of the Archives of Modern Records
AU - Paciorek, Magdalena
TI - The activities of the Medical Sciences History Committee at the Science Council of the Ministry of Health between 1952–1956, as detailed in documents of the Archives of Modern Records
AB - 
	In a post-war reality, especially in the early 1950s, the issue of conducting medical history research in Poland was the subject of factual analysis. The Marxist-Leninist ideology enforced by the then-contemporary state authorities demanded such an approach. A special Medical Sciences History Committee was established on 18.01.1952 at the request of the Science Council of the Ministry of Health. It was located on Chocimska 22 street in Warsaw and was given the task to ‘Rebuild the history of medicine based on a new foundation’. Minutes from the sessions of the Committee and the discussed topics were recorded in a file kept by the Ministry of Health that was found in the Archives of Modern Records. The following topic is indeed worthy of investigation, as it was that Committee that gave rise to the shaping of history of medical sciences according to new rules of the post-war period. The Ministry of Health had received regular reports on the sessions of the Committee and the topics discussed.
VL - 2019
IS - Volume 25 (2019) Issue 1
PY - 2019
SN - 1231-1960
C1 - 2657-506X
SP - 141
EP - 160
DO - 10.4467/12311960MN.19.007.10760
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/medycyna-nowozytna/article/dzialalnosc-komisji-historii-nauk-medycznych-przy-radzie-naukowej-ministerstwa-zdrowia-w-latach-1952-1956-w-swietle-dokumentow-archiwum-akt-nowych