Franciszek Leopold Lafontaine (1756-1812) i jego praca o katarze

The professional and scientific activities of Leopold Lafontaine (1756-1812), an eminent military surgeon, the chief army surgeon in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw are presented in full particular. He was a editor-in-chief and publisher of the first Polish medical periodical “Dziennik Zdrowia dla Wszystkich Stanów” (“The Journal of Health for all the Estates”). His work on catarrh is discussed widely.