favorable as positive results were obtained in 508 cases (equivalent to 92.4%) and improvements were observed in 38 cases (6.9%). However, the treatment was ineffective in 4 cases (0.7%). In total, the treatment was effective for 94.2% of the patients (taking only into accounts the 518 resistant cases). On the other hand, the experience had no "control" group (infected patients which were not treated with phage therapy), making the pourcentages obtained less indicative. Awards and recognitions As a distinguished immunologist and microbiologist he held a number of responsible positions in the scientific life of Poland. From 1956 to 1987 he was editor-in-chief of Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis; from 1962 to 1990 the head and president of the Coordination Committee of the interdisciplinary program “Studies and application of immunologic differentiation of organisms” member of the Presidium of its Wrocław branch; president of the Committee of Immunology; a founding member and the president of the Polish Association of Immunologist (and also its honorary member); a member of the International Union of Oncology and a member of numerous scientific societies; a member of the Presidium and the president of the Medical Sciences of the Central Qualifying Board, the vice-president of the Board, and an honorary member of the Polish Microbiological Society. In 1981, Ślopek became a founding member of the World Cultural Council. References 1914 births 1995 deaths Jagiellonian University alumni Polish public health doctors Polish immunologists Phage workers Physicians from Wrocław Polish bacteriologists Polish virologists 20th-century Polish physicians Founding members of the World Cultural Council