Abstrakt: | The purpose of this article is to trace Helena Hoffmann’s illness
and establish the personal details of the doctors who helped her in the years from 1928 to
1936. Apart from them, the Sisters of Mary Immaculate performed works of mercy towards
her, especially when they assisted her in medical research and supported her in her illness.
The narrative, given in the form of a synthesis, is based on the analysis of available archival
sources and studies.
The author found that Waldemar Kunick, a psychiatrist and neurologist, was taking
care of the healthy “Bride of the Cross”. Her disease status was examined by: laryngologist
Georg Krischke, head physician Karl Stefan Klein, GP Artur Pusch, neuropathologist,
radiologist and electrodiagnostic professor Ludwig Mann, GP Gustav Skrobek, doctor Else
Kalinke, radiologist and oncologist professor Paul Lazarus, specialist in tuberculosis treatment
and applications diet in surgery professor Adolf Herrmannsdorfer, ophthalmologist
Adalbert Richter, laryngologist Mieczysław Karol Stawiński and ophthalmologist Stanisław
Mirecki. In total, the author established the names and specializations of twelve doctors. |