[Andrzej Franciszek Ksawery Dybek (1783-1826) and rhinolaryngology].

The professional and scientific activities of Andrzej Franciszek Ksawery Dybek (1783-1826), an eminent Varsovian physician, the military doctor, the professor of surgery of Warsaw Royal University, and the member of many scientific societies are presented with full particulars. The activity of Surgery Clinic of Warsaw Royal University is depicted widely. Dybek's successful treatment of rhinolaryngological diseases (such as traumas of cranium, syphilitic ulcerations of throat and face, polypus of nose, disease of maxillary sinus, cancer of lip) are presented in some more detail.