Professional interest in dermatopathology of Stanisław Ostrowski - the only one State Polish President among physicians

Abstract

President of prewar Lvov and Polish Republic on Exile, associate professor Stanisław Ostrowski was a dermatologist with a keen interest in dermatopathology. This study was based on original resources, which - mainly reports of his own authorship - were focused on dermatopathology. Stanisław Ostrowski provided excellent description of naevus epitheliomatosus sebaceus Wolters-Friboes both in Polish and German to be cited after decades in renowned handbooks of dermatopahtology published by Springer Verlag. His scientific output also includes meticulous presentation of Fox-Fordyce disease (apocrine miliaria) as well as gold-induced skin changes to Polish readership. Thus, this study documents dermatopahtological achievements of Stanisław Ostrowski - the unifying statesman of society of Lvov and Polish emigration in London.

Keywords: Fox-Fordyce disease; London; Lvov; gold-induced skin changes; sebaceous nevus.