[The beginnings of antituberculosis service in Stettin. Hermann Braeuning--the first director of the Tuberculosis Hospital in Stettin-Hohenkrug (Szczecin-Zdunowo)].

The beginnings of organized treatment for patients with tuberculosis (TB) in Stettin date back to the last decade of the nineteenth century and are traced to the Municipal Hospital in Stettin-Pommerensdorf (Szczecin-Pomorzany). Treatment of patients with TB in Pomerania improved with the opening of the Tuberculosis Hospital in Hohenkrug (Szczecin-Zdunowo). The author presents the history of the leading German Tuberculosis Hospital in Hohenkrug from its opening in 1915 till 1945 highlighting its important role in the health care system of the entire Pomerania. Biographical details of the first director of the Hospital, Professor Hermann Braeuning, are provided. The Tuberculosis Hospital in Hohenkrug (Szczecin-Zdunowo) quickly emerged as a modern research, educational, and therapeutic facility.