Samuel Lehm (1879-1954), lwowski laryngolog w oczach swego syna Stanisława Lema

SAMUEL LEHM (1879-1954), ENT SPECIALIST FROM LVIV AS SEEN BY HIS SON STANISLAW LEM The life, professional and scientific paths of Samuel Lehm (1879-1954), one of the famous otorhinolaryngologists in Polish Lviv, one of the pioneers of Polish otorhinolaryngologywere briefly presented in the introduction. His achievements in otorhinolaryngology were briefly analyzed. The influence of Dr. Samuel and his wife Sabina on the childhood of Stanisław Lem (1923-2006) – their only son, who later became an outstanding science fiction writer, philosopher, literary critic, futurologist, and also a doctor – was briefly outlined. Stanisław Lem showed his childhood and entry into adulthood in the novel High Castle (Wysoki Zamek). He mentioned his parents’ apartment full of secrets, his father's library filled with medical works, his fascination with osteology, treatment of his illnesses and ailments by his father, etc.