Year of Professor Adam Gruca (1893-1983). On the 130th anniversary of his birth and the 40th anniversary of his death

Abstract

The article presents a biography of Adam Gruca, one of the most famous Polish orthopaedic surgeon born December 3, 1893, died June 3, 1983 in Warsaw. He was Professor of medical sciences, and doctor honoris causa at the Medical Academies in Warsaw and Wrocław. The Polish Orthopedic Society was constituted at its first convention in Poznań in 1928, attended by Prof. Adam Gruca and his wife.