Honoris Causa Professor Dushan Fedorovich Lambl was a Man Truly Devoted to Science

Abstract

Vilém Dušan Lambl, better known in Russia as Dushan Fedorovich Lambl (1824-1895) — Czech and Russian anatomist, histologist, therapist and parasitologist, doctor of medicine, professor, head of the department of normal anatomy and pathological anatomy of the Imperial Kharkov University (from 1860 to 1871), head of the Faculty therapeutic Department of the Imperial University of Warsaw (from 1871 to 1895), Privy Councilor.Professor Lambl D.F. the main works on parasitology (he was the first to describe in 1859 the simplest microorganism that parasitizes humans and now bears his name), pathological anatomy (his famous lithographs written on stone), normal anatomy, internal medicine, as well as natural science, ethnography, culture and linguistics of Slavs and others. He was a man with the broadest horizons, sharpness of thought, excellent erudition and incredible knowledge in the field of both fundamental and practical medicine.

Keywords

• dushan fedorovich lambl
• imperial warsaw university
• imperial kharkov university
• giardiasis