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Pol J Cosmetol 2008, 11(4): 279-282pl,en  History of hairdressing. The first Polish textbook of hairdressingWojciech J. Baranowski Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa Łódzkiej Korporacji Oświatowej w Łodzi Summary In this article we present a book entitled "The Hairdresser. Practical Knowledge for Those in the Hairdresser´s Trade, with a few words on the Hygiene and Pathology of Skin, Hair and Nails", authored by the outstanding teachers Bronisław Gustawicz and Emil Wyrobek. The book was published in 1921 by the "Ludwik Fiszer Bookshop" in Lodz as Volume IX of "Fiszer´s Small Library of Trades". For its form and content the book should be considered the first Polish-language textbook on hairdressing to have been published in post-partition Poland. Key words: textbook, professional textbook, hairdressing, history, Gustawicz Bronisław, Wyrobek Emil |