[The surgical achievements of Jan Kwaśnicki (1838-1883) for Polish rhinolaryngology were important?].

The professional and scientific activities of Jan Kwaśnicki (1838-1883), a Varsovian surgeon, his medical education in various medical institutions is shortly outlined. He was the head of surgical ward at the Evangelical Hospital in Warsaw. He was an author of two-volume book "The operating surgery" (along with Władysław Stankiewicz and Józef Wszebor) (Warsaw 1868, 1874). Kwaśnicki's successful surgical treatment of rhinolaryngological diseases (such as perforation of hard palate, carcinomas of tongue and lower lip) are described in some more detail.