Lecznictwo na polskiej prowincji w okresie międzywojennym w pamiętnikach Zofii Karaś

The aim of this paper is to present the figure of a young, ambitious  doctor, Zofia Karaś (1904-1942), who worked in the Polish province of Beskid Mountains during the Second Polish Republic (1918-1939). The doctor struggled with difficult working conditions, was a great patriot, a social activist, and an advocate of medical education for the population. She also revealed her literary talent in 1939 by winning the 1st place in a competition announced by the Social Insurance Institution for a doctor's memoirs. The prize-winning memoir is of significant historic value and constitutes an interesting description of the early 20th century Polish village, a source of knowledge about the work of medical doctors in provincial areas and the functioning of the interwar health insurance system.