Bolesław Nagay (1926–2014). Szkic do portretu chirurga
Bolesław Nagay (1926–2014). A Portrait of a Surgeon

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a biography of one of the most outstanding figures of the Szczecinmedicine, a teacher of the whole generation of Szczecin surgeons, a world-class specialistin the surgery of the hand, Bolesław Nagay. He came from Lviv, where during the war he was a host for lice at the Weigl Institute. He was also a soldier of the Home Army. At the end of August, 1945 he left Lvivtogether with the Polish Theatre. At the beginning he and his family lived in Rozwadów,next they went to Gdynia. At that time he started university studies at the Medical Academy in Gdańsk. After obtaining the certificate of completion of studies (1950) and beforepassing the seven diploma exams he was employed as a junior assistant’s deputy at theFirst Surgical Clinic under the supervision of Stanisław Nowicki, and later KazimierzDębicki. Thanks to his work at the Clinic, which dealt with general surgery (traumatology, urology, cardiothoracic surgery), Nagay had the chance to learn from experienceddoctors and acquire theoretical knowledge and surgical skills. Later he worked in the118 Military Garrison Hospital in Koszalin and in the Town Hospital. In 1964 in Gdańskhe obtained the title of Doctor of Medicine, after defending the dissertation ‘Experimental Research into the Possibility of Appearing Thrombolytic States Treated by CrystallinePenicillin and Depot-Penicillin (long-life medication)’. In the same year Nagay moved toSzczecin and was employed at the Second Clinic of General Surgery of the PomeranianMedical Academy as a senior assistant, and later as an adjunct. it was in Szczecin where Nagay focused his attention on the surgery of the hand. From the very beginning hesaw the need to isolate a narrower specialisation of orthopaedic surgery, the surgery of the hand. That is why in 1977 after becoming the head of the Second Clinic of GeneralSurgery of the Pomeranian Medical Academy (PAM) Nagay transformed the Institute of Surgery of PAM into the Clinic of General Surgery and the Surgery of the Hand of PAM. Nagay was not only a talented research worker, but also a university teacher and anauthority. He educated many distinguished physicians. He committed himself to organising charity aid for the Polish minority in Lviv (including the Polish school). He died on January 8, 2014.

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