CONTRIBUTION OF DR. ODO BUJWID TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESPERANTO

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1 CONTRIBUTION OF DR. ODO BUJWID TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESPERANTO EUGENIUSZ KUCHARZ Esperanto an international, artificial language was created by Polisch physician Lewis Lazarus Zamenhof ( ) in The creation of Esperanto was connected to the idea of mutual cooperation and understanding of people from various countries. A few years after creation of Esperanto, the new international activity came into being, i. e. Esperanto movement. The basis of the movement was an international language which gave opportunity to literary, professional and social contacts among people. Dr. Zamenhof, creator of Esperanto, popularized the language, mostly among his colleagues. A lot of the first Esperantists were physicians from various countries. One of them was Odo Bujwid an eminent Polish microbiologist. Odo Felix Bujwid was born on the 30th of November 1857 in Vilna. His father was a participant of the Polish Insurrection for independence against Russia in 1863 ( The January Insurrection"), and was arrested. In 1866 the family Bujwid moved to Warsaw, and lived under very poor conditions. Primary and secondary school Bujwid passed in Warsaw. In 1872 his parents died and Odo's family was worse off then earlier. The fifteen years old Odo Bujwid had to work for keeping himself and his younger sisters. Under extremaly difficult conditions, working as crammer, he prepared for secondary school finals and in 1879 entered the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Warsaw [34, 35, 36]. He was found as talented student and decided to study microbiology, the new fascinating discipline at those times. In the years of Bujwid's university studies the famous discoveries of Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur were carried out. Buwid's fascination to these scientists was realized in his futher studies in Berlin and Paris [27, 28, 29, 32, 33]. Bujwid was the first who established the institute for inoculation against rabits in Poland, and it was the first institute founded out of France. Bujwid's institute was opened in Warsaw in 1886 [8, 9]. He was also the founder of the first bacteriological laboratory in Poland (1885), and he organized there training courses for Polish physicians in bacteriology [34, 35]. Bujwid Improved the method for preparation of tuberculin. In 1885 he introduced the term "tuberculin". This finding is frequently attributed to Robert Koch [13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23]. In 1893, Bujwid got a post of head of the Department of Hygiene and Bacteriology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. In this year he created the laboratory for production sera and vaccines [15]. Rest of his creative life he passed in Cracow. He travelled frequently abroad, attended numerous congresses and was an active and progressive in social affairs [5, 6]. Bujwid published nearly four hundred of papers [10, 11, 40]. Odo Bujwid died on the 26th of December 1942 in Cracow, at time of terrible nazi occupation [12, 37]. The contacts of Bujwid with Zamenhof began probably during their university studies. Zamen-

2 Fig. 1. Odo Bujwid (photo about 1937). From the collection of Bujwid Memorial Museum in Cracow. hof studied medicine in Warsaw ( ) and they studied four years together. It is possible that they became friends and Zamenhof as the university student inspired Bujwid to the activity for the international language. In short time after the publication of the first handbook of Esperanto the language became popular. The first Esperanto newspaper was published in Nürnberg in 1893 and the first Esperanto-club was founded in Nürnberg in The first world congress of Espeiantists took place in 1905 in Boulogne sur Mer. From this year world congresses (so-called "Universala Kongreso") were organized yearly. The 8th World Esperanto-Congress (La Oka Universala Kongreso) was held in Cracow, August 11th 18 th, The meeting was attended by 948 participants from 28 countries. It was the last Congress in which take part the creator of Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof. The Congress was organized in the 25th anniversary of the language creation. Odo Bujwid was actively involved into Esperanto movement. In 1912 he took the post of the president of the organizing committee. Congress in Cracow was found very successful!. The cultural program integral part of the meeting included presentation of opera "Halka" by Stanislaus Moniuszko and theater performance of "Mazepa" by Julius Siowacki both in Esperanto version

3 ODO BUJWID. I'KOIT.SORO Dl JAtitLONA UNIVKKS1TATO LN KKAKOVO KRAKOVO CEFTENEJO : üebethner & K-io EN KRAKOVO. Fig. 2. Title page of "Kvin prelegoj " by Bujwid. From the collection of the Jagiellonian Library, Cracow.

4 I L'HIGIENO DE JAGELONA 5ITATO EN KRAKOVO ODO BUJWID PROFESORO DE JAGELONA UNIVERSITATO EN KRAKOVO La apliko de radioj ultraviolaj al sterilizo de I'akvo KRAKOVO /*zg. 3. Title page of "La apliko. by Bujwid. From the collection of the Jagiellonian Library, Cracow.

5 La Institute* de l'higieno dejagelonauniversitatoenkrakovo. PLUAJ EKSPERIMENTOJ PRI LA DESINEKTADO PER DILUITA ALKOHOLO. PREZENTIS ODO BUJWID PROFESORO DE JAGELONA UNIVERSITATO EN KRAKOVO. Komence de l'kuranta jaro mi publikigis komune kun kolego Szulc verkitan disertacion, 1 ) en kiu mi prezentis la rezultojn de l'agado de 50o/o alkoholo por la desinfektado de la suprajo de T manoj. Mi akeentis tiam, ke oni devas turni pli zorgan atenton al la eraro, kiu sufice generale estas farata : oni uzas alkoholon fortan, kiu estas en tiu ci rilato tute senvalora, oni ankaù aplikas senbezone aliajn rimedojn, kiel sublimaton k. t. p. kiujn oni devis delonge forigi de la desinfektantaj rimedoj kiel senvalorajn, aű ec malutilajn. Gis nun ekzemple ni uzas tiajn rimedojn kiel lisoformo, kiu ne posedas desinfektajn proprecojn kompare kun diluita alkoholo, 30/0 fenolo, 2% lisolo, l<ty 0 lisokloro aù klormefakresolkalio. La uzado de la diluita alkoholo por la desinfekto ne estas nova. Epstein, Bertarelli, Ahlfeld rekomendis tiun rimedon kiel perfekte desinfektantan. Mikulicz estis unu el tiuj, kiuj malgraű granda aliloke montrata kriticismo enkondukis la aplikadon de alkoholo sur eraran vojon. Ni povas opinii, ke guste la aütoritato de Mikulicz estis la kaűzo de tio, ke oni aplikis alkoholon en malgusta maniero. Mikulicz rifuzis atribui al alkoholo proprecojn desinfektajn konsiderante gin kiel rimedon, kiu nur fiksas kaj koaguligas. ói estis «) Gaz. lekarska (üazeto kuracista) Nr Fig. 4. Title page of "Pluaj eksperimentol " by Bujwid. From the collection of the Jagiellonian Library, Cracow.

6 [30]. The opera performance was the first one presented in Esperanto in the world [20]. The excursion to old salt-mine in Wieliczka and Zakopane Spa were enjoyed by the participants. During the Congress the meetings of Esperantist-physicians and scientists took part. Bujwid was elected the vice-president of International Association of Scientist-Esperantists (Internacia Scienca Asocio Esperantistoj) [7]. Participants of the Congress were received the first handbook of microbiology printed in Esperanto. The book by Bujwid, entitled "Five lectures on bacteria." An essay on general basis of bacteriology as applied to in infections diseases with additional remarks on treatment with sera, prophilaxis with inoculation and desinfection was translated in to Esperanto by Bujwid and Dr. Emil Pfeffer the famous physician-esperantist [1]. The Bujwid's book was a famous handbook for the first time published in Polish language in 1887 and a few times re-edited as well as edited in Russian language. Odo Bujwid also prepared other books on medicine in Esperanto. He was the author of: "La apliko de radioj ultraviola) al sterilizo de l'akvo" ("Application of UV-rays in sterilization of water"), Cracow 1912 and "Pluaj eksperimentoj pri la desinektado per diluita alkoholo '"("Further experiments on desinfection with diluted alcoholic solutions"), Cracow 1912 [2, 3]. Odo Bujwid introduced a few colleagues into Esperanto movement, some of them took part in the organization of the congress: Dr. Stefan Mikolajski, Dr. Chramiec, Dr. Dubrowich. After the Cracow Congress in 1912 Odo Bujwid was very active in Esperanto movement. He took part in various meetings and congresses. Bujwid was an active participant of Esperanto movement in Poland. He was the president of the Polish Federation of Esperanto Societies (Tutpola Federacio de Esperanto Societoj). He was elected to this post during the First Polish Congress of Esperantists (La Unna Tutpola Esperanto- Kongreso) held in Cracow in The Congress was organized by Bujwid [38]. In 1924 Bujwid organized the congress for unity of the various Esperanto organization founded in Poland. A new organization: Polish Congress of Esperanto Delegates (Pola Esperanto Delegitaro) was founded and Bujwid was elected the president of this association. He was the editor-in-chief of the journal "Pola Esperantisto" ("The Polish Esperantist") as well as orranged lectures in Esperanto in the Polish Radio [25]. He was also active in the international Esperanto movement. He was honorary member of the World Esperanto Association (Universala Esperanto-Asocio), International Association of Scientist-Esperantists (Internacia Sciencia Asocio Esperantistoj) and Tutmonda Esperantista Kuracista Asocio (Worlds Association of Physicians-Esperantists.) He was also the vice-president of this organisation ( ). In 1938 Bujwid published a famous paper on application of Esperanto to medicine [4]. As a tribute to Bujwid's contribution to science and Esperanto the great Esperanto poet Kolomano Kalocsay (also physician) dedicated Bujwid the following short Esperanto poem: Bujwid kun monde fama scio, Prelegas kaj eksperimentas, Ke por ni agas Ii kaj sentas, Fieras rajte Polonio. Nin pri I 'bakteriologio Li en libreto orientas, Bujwid kun monde fama scio, Prelegas kaj eksperimentas.

7 Per sago kaj reputáció, Movadon polan li cémentas, Ho kiam seron li inventas Del 'kontrauverda bakterio? Bujwid kun monde fama scio. The last, tragic days of Bujwid also connected with Esperanto. Nazi occupants controlled his house and the eighty-five years old scientist was examined because the occupant soliders found Esperanto books in Bujwid's house. Esperanto as language created by a Jewish phisician were prohibited under Nazi occupation. It is very difficult to summarize the all facts of contribution of Odo Bujwid to Esperanto. It is possible that some documents are still unknown and this acpect of Bujwid's achievement needs further studies. ADDENDUM The New Discovered Letter of Dr. Lewis Lazarus Zamenhof to Dr. Odo Bujwid. The life and achievements of Dr. Lazarus Lewis Zamenhof the creator of Esperanto was a subject of numerous books and papers. His works and correspondence were edited as well [19, 24, 26, 39]. The aim of the present addendum is to publish still unknown letter of Dr. Zamenhof send from Warsaw to Dr. Bujwid (Cracow) in The orginal of this letter was found in the Bujwid Memorial Museum in Cracow. The letter referred to the death of Dr. Alexander Zamenhof ( ) the younger brother of L. L. Zamenhof. He was collaborator of Esperanto medical journal "Internacia Medicina Revuo". He died as colonel in Russian army in Dinaburg. The letter was written in German and his orginal text is as following:* / wish to acknowledge my thanks to Mr CzesYsw Odo Mostowski, for kind sending me the photocopy of the letter, and to Mrs Helen Julska for valuable remarks on the german text of the letter. D ro L. L. Zamenhof Varsovio, str. Królewska 41 23/X Lieber Kollege! Ich habe Ihren Brief v. 10/X. erhalten und ich drücke Ihnen und den anderen Freunden Esperantisten meinen innigsten Dank aus für Ihr Mitgefühl anlässlich [?] meines Bruders Alexander. Ich bitte Sie mir freundlichst mitteilen zu wollen, aus welcher Quelle Sie die Nachricht haben, denn ausser eine Zeitungs-Notiz, die wir in einer hiesigen Zeitung gelesen haben und die den Galizischen Blattern entnommen sein soll, haben wir bis jetzt direkt keine Nachricht erhalten, und wir wissen nicht, woher die Zeitungs-Notiz stammt. Wenn Sie die Möglichkeit haben, mir irgend welche Information zu erteilen, werde ich Ihnen sehr dankbar sein. Ihr ergebener Zamenhof * Acknowledgements

8 Fig. 5. Letter of Zamenhof to Bujwid. From the collection of Bujwid Memorial Museum in Cracow.

9 Összefoglalás Az eszperantó nyelvet L. L. Zamenhof lengyel orvos teremtette meg 1887-ben, és néhány év múlva már eszperantó mozgalom foglalkozott kiművelésével és elterjesztésével. Zamenhof elsősorban saját kollégái körében népszerűsítette az eszperantót, ezért első művelői között igen sok volt az orvos. Közéjük tartozott Odo Felix Bujwid (Vilna, 1857 Krakkó, 1942), a kiváló mikrobiológus tól kezdve a krakkói Jagelló Egyetem Közegészségügyi és Bakteriológiai Intézetének volt vezetője. A szerzők orvosi tevékenysége mellett elsősorban eszperantista működését tárja fel. REFERENCES 1. Bujwid, O. : Kvinprelegojpri bakterioj: Skizo pri generala principoj de bakteriologio en apliko al infektaj malsanoj kun aldono de rimarkoj pri serumoj, inokuloj profílaktikaj kaj desinfektado. (Five lectures on bacteria. An essay on general basis of bacteriology as applied to infections diseases with additional remarks on treatment with sera, prophilaxis with inoculation and desinfection). Cracow Bujwid, O. : La apliko de radioj ultraviolaj al sterilizo de I 'akvo. (Application of UV-rays in sterilization of water). Institute of Hygiene, Jagiellonian University, Cracow Bujwid, O. : Pluaj eksperimentoj pri la desinektado per diluita alkoholo. (Further experiments on desinfection with diluted alcoholic solutions). Institute of Hygiene, Jagiellonian University, Cracow Bujwid, O.: Miedzynarodowy jezyk lekarski. (International medical language). Medycyna wspólczesna 1938, 4, Chromiczewski, J.: Odon Bujwid. Acta Microbiologica Polonica, 1960, 60, Chrzçsciejewski, A.: Odon Bujwid pionier mikrobiologii polskiej i dzialacz spoleczny. (Odon Bujwid the pioneer in Polish microbiology and social worker). Przeglqd Lekarski 1969, 28, Courtinat, L. : Historio de Esperanto. (History of Esperanto). Bellerive-sur-Allier Czerwinski, A.: Odo Bujwid polski Pasteur. (Odon Bujwid as Pasteur in Poland). Gazeta Krakowska 1958, 30, Dratwer, I.: Prof. dr. Odo Bujwid. W 100-lecie urodzin. (Professor Odo Bujwid. The centenary of his birth). Problemy 1957, 13, Drobner, B.: Fanatyk nauki. (Enthusiast of science). Problemy 1954, 10, Dzierzanowski, R.: O. Bujwid. Sluzba Zdrowia 1962, 14, Golabowa, B.: Odon Bujwid. Przeglqd Lekarski 1945, 1, Hodakowski, T.: W setna rocznicç urodzin dr-a Odo Bujwida. (On centenary of the birth of Dr. Odon Bujwid). Echo Krakowskie 1957, 280, Jastrzebski, T.: Sylwetki twórców mikrobiologii polskiej, stosowanej, ludzkiej i weterynaryjnej. Prof, dr Odo Bujwid. (Figures of creator of human and veterinary, applied microbiology in Poland). Nowiny Weterynaryjne 1973, 4, Kasprzak, M.: Pionierzy higieny w Polsce. (Pioneers of hygiene in Poland). Slu&a Zdrowia 1951, 25, Kordylewski, L. : Odo Bujwid pioniro bakteriologio esperantisto. (Odo Bujwid the pioneer in bacteriology and Esperantist). Pola Esperantisto, 1980, 4, 7 and Kucharz, E. : Odo Bujwid the pioneer in microbiology in Poland. XXVI International Congress of the History of Medicine, Plovdiv 1978, Abstracts, p Kucharz, E. : Odo Bujwid the pioneer in microbiology in Poland. XXVI e Congrès International d'histoire de la Médecine, Actes du Congrès, vol. II, Sofia 1981, p Ludovikito Ito Kanzi.: Iam kompletigota plena verkam de L. L. Zamenhof. (The complete works of L. L. Zamenhof). Kameoka Moniuszko, S.: Halka (opera with libretto by Wolski), translated to Esperanto by A. Grabowski, Paris Mostowski, J.: Tuberkulina i jej przygotowanie. (Tuberculin and its preparation). Przeglqd Lekarski 1950, 7, Mostowski, C. O.: Co zrobflem? (What have I done?) Przekrój 1983, no. 1977, p Mostowski, J. Dydas, J. Zizka, Z.: Odon Bujwid jako badacz prçtka gruzlicy. (Odon Bujwid as the investigator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Gruzlica 1964, 32,

10 24. Oberrtman, A. Jung T.: La lastaj tagoj de dr-o L. L. Zamenhof. (The last years of Dr. L. L. Zamenhof). Warsaw Opoka, W. Kucharz, E.: Vivo kaj agado de Odo Bujwid Pola kuracisto kaj esperantisto. (Live and achievements of Odo Bujwid the Polish physician and Esperantist). ///. Internacia Medicina Esperanto Konferenco, Ruse 1981, Sciencaj prelegoj, p Privat, E.: Vivo de Zamenhof (Life of Zamenhof). Dresden Przybylkiewicz, Z.: Odo Bujwid. In: Szeécsetlecie medycyny krakowskiej. Academia Medica Cracoviensis, Cracow 1963, vol. 1, p Przybylkiewicz, Z.: Odo Bujwid. Polski Tygodnik Lekarski, 1965, 20, Przybylkiewicz, Z.: Odo Bujwid. Postepy Mikrobiologii, 1968, 2, Slowacki, J.: Mazepa (tragedy in five parts), translated to Esperanto by A. Grabowski, Paris Szaflarski, J.: Odo Bujwid pionier polskiej mikrobiologii lekarskiej i weterynaryjnej. (Odo Bujwid pioneer of Polish medical and veterinary microbiology). Medycyna Weterynaryjna, 1962, 28, Szpilczynski, S. : Kontakty Odona Bujwida z Ludwikiem Pasteurem. (Contacts of Odo Bujwid and Louis Pasteur). Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 1973, 18, Szpilczynski, S.: Odon Bujwid, premier disciple de Pasteur en Pologne. (Odo Bujwid the first pupil of Pasteur in Poland). Histoire des Sciences Médicales, 1973, 7, àlopek, S.: Setna rocznica urodzin pioniera polskiej mikrobiologii Odona Bujwida (Centenary of the birth of Odo Bujwid the pioneer in microbiology in Poland). Postepy Higieny i Medycyny Doáwiadczalnej, 1957, 11, Slopek, S. : In commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Odo Bujwid, Polish pioneer in bacteriology and hygiene. Polish Medical History and Science Bulletin, 1959, 2, Toporowicz, K.: Prof. dr. med, Odo Feliks Karol Bujwid. (Professor Odo Felix Carol Bujwid). Wychowanie fizyczne i sport, 1972, 16, Walter, F. : Zmarli podczas wojny profesorowie i docenci Wydzialu Lekarskiego (Professors and Associate Professors of the Medical Faculty who died during the war). In: Krónika Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego za okres wojny , Cracow 1946, p Wiesenfeld, E.: Bujwid Odo. In: Enciklopédia de Esperanto. Budapest 1933, p Zamenhof, L. L.: Verkam. Leipzig Zechenter, W. : Wielkie muzeum w malym pokoju. W 30-lecië smierci prof Odona Bujwida. (The great museum in a small room. On the 30th anniversary of the death of Professor Odo Bujwid). Zycie literackie, 1972, 22, 12. EUGENE J. KUCHARZ, D. M., D. Ph. Milwaukee County Medical Complex 8700 West Wisconsin Anevue Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA