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Historiae Scientiarum Baltica 2017-Abstracts of the XXVIII International Baltic Conference on the History of Science “On the Border of the Russian Empire: German University of Tartu and its first Rector Georg Friedrich Parrot” : May 18-20, 2017 Tartu, Estonia / Estonian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science. University of Tartu Museum [et al.] ; Editors of the abstract book: Kait Tamm, Kaija-Liisa Koovit, Tartu : Estonian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science, 2017, p. 34-34 |
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In 1922, the University of Lithuania was opened in Kaunas and remained the only Lithuanian school of higher education during the interwar period. Since its first years, it was a vitally important institution for scientific and modern ideas. The University of Lithuania was renamed in honour of Grand Duke Vytautas Magnus in 1930, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Vytautas Magnus’s death. Petras Avižonis, Vladas Lašas, Jurgis Žilinskas and Leonas Gogelis, graduates of the Tartu University, participated from the very beginning in the founding of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lithuania. Dr. Petras Avižonis became the first dean of the Faculty of Medicine and a professor in 1922. He expanded the initial programs, organized the faculty and student body. Professor Avižonis was elected Rector of the University in 1925–1926. Later he continued his activities in ophthalmology, organized the new clinic and maintained constant interest in trachoma and its prevention. Professor Vladas Lašas, head of the Physiology Department, acted as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1924 to 1940. He displayed great organizational talent, and on his initiative the basic clinical buildings were built for the Faculty of Medicine. His research interests focused on the field of experimental anaphylaxis, desensibilization and internal sensibilization. Jurgis Žilinskas became professor in 1923; he established the Institute of Anatomy and founded the Museum of Anatomy. In the scientific field he developed the works on Lithuanian ethnic anthropology. Professor Leonas Gogelis organized the Veterinary Department at the Faculty of Medicine. In 1929, the department was closed due to lack of funds and students. Vladas Kuzma, a prominent Lithuanian surgeon, studied at the Dorpat University in 1914–1918. He finished his medical studies in Lithuania. Kuzma’s dissertation assessed possibilities of regeneration of ki. [...]. |
