The text discusses two vital issues dealt with in the document titled Healthcare Provisions Extracted from the General Ordinance of the Administration and Internal Account for the Polish Armed Forces of all Branches Approved by the Military Committee (1815), namely the nutrition and pharmaceutical supplies for sick and wounded soldiers.
The military health service of the Kingdom of Poland was organized on the basis of a specifically prepared document, namely Przepisy służby zdrowia wyięte z ogólnego urządzenia Administracyi i Rachuby wewnętrznej dla Woyska Polskiego wszelkiej broni zatwierdzonego przez Komitet Woyskowy. In its content, no aspect of activity was neglected, ranging from equipping hospitals to crucial issues of education and professional preparation of medical staff. The attempts to equate the medical staff with the officers were initiated though not completed. For the first time a permanent institution of medium medical staff was introduced. These were field surgeons, for whom also a special school was founded in Warsaw. The text elaborates these issues.
Jean Dominique Larrey, one of the most eminent surgeons of the turn of 18th and 19th century and the creator of medical emergency aid, often came in contact with Poles serving in the Napoleonic Army. He came to Poland twice, and his actions in January 1807 were an impulse to create first a military, and in 1809, a civilian Medical School in Warsaw. His experiences from the campaign of 1806–1807 were also a reason for two texts that he included in his Memoires. The article is devoted to his connections with Poles and Poland.
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