%0 Journal Article
%T Roman Nitsch’s Works on Rabies in View of the Development of Microbiology as a Medical Discipline at the Turn of the 20th Century
%A Wasiewicz, Barbara
%J Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology
%V 2022
%R 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.22.013.15827
%N Volume 67, Issue 2
%P 85-98
%K Roman Nitsch, rabies, vaccine, infectious diseases
%@ 0023-589X
%D 2022
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/prace-romana-nitscha-z-zakresu-wscieklizny-na-tle-rozwoju-mikrobiologii-jako-dyscypliny-medycznej-na-przelomie-xix-i-xx-w
%X Roman Franciszek Henryk Nitsch was born on September 5, 1873 in Podchybie. In 1899, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the Jagiellonian University. Until 1915, he worked as an assistant in the Department of Hygiene of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, cooperating with Prof. Odon Bujwid. In 1915 he was nominated as an associate professor of hygiene and bacteriology. In 1920, he was appointed full professor of bacteriology at the University of Warsaw. For the rest of his life, he was associated with the research center in Warsaw. He died on 29 March 1943. Roman Nitsch’s scientific activity, which mainly involved his research on vaccination against rabies, is a significant contribution to the development of Polish medical microbiology. The analysis of Roman Nitsch’s scientific achievements proves that he was a continuator of Ludwik Pasteur’s and Odon Bujwid’s – his predecessor and teacher – research thought, as well as the author of pioneering works that shed new light on the world of microbes, which was then only gradually being discovered.