Neurologist and psychiatrist.
Born in Warsaw, she graduated from a girls' high school in 1883 and then began medical studies at the University of Geneva. She received her medical degree in 1907. That same year, she also passed the state examination at the University of Kharkov. From the beginning of her medical career, she was associated with the neurology department at the Orthodox Hospital in Czyste, headed by Edward Flatau. She was a member of the Polish Psychiatric Association, and in 1925, she was one of the founders of the Association of Polish Women Physicians.
She authored approximately 100 works in Polish, French, and German, including a monograph on the choroid plexus. She also pursued her passion for writing, which resulted in the novel "New Legend," published under the pseudonym Maria Quieta.
During World War II, she was in the Warsaw Ghetto, where she continued her medical work and directed the clinic at 32 Elektoralna Street. She also collaborated with Janusz Korczak at the Main House of Refuge, commonly known as the "foundling home," at 39 Dzielna Street. On the night of September 23-24, 1942, she was deported to Pawiak Prison, where she likely perished. According to other accounts, she was murdered on the Aryan side.
