Wachholz was born in
Kraków to
Antoni Wachholz (1814–1873), who was a professor of universal history at Jagiellonian University, and Joanna née Zagórska. He studied at Jagiellonian University, which he graduated with a doctorate in medical sciences in 1890. Then he completed supplementary studies at universities in
Copenhagen,
Berlin,
Paris and
Vienna. After returning to Kraków, in 1894, he received his postdoctoral degree in forensic medicine at the
Faculty of Medicine of the Jagiellonian University, and then in the years 1894–1895 he was the head of the Department of Forensic Medicine. In 1895, he was appointed head of the Department of Judiciary and Medicine at the Jagiellonian University, which he held until 1923. He was appointed associate professor in 1896, and full professor in 1898. In the academic year 1901/1902 he was the dean of The Faculty of Medicine of the Jagiellonian University, and in 1908/1909 the dean of the
Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University. In 1930, he became a member of the
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1934 he was appointed honorary professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Jagiellonian University. His students included
Włodzimierz Sieradzki,
Stefan Horoszkiewicz, and .
Imprisonment and death On November 6, 1939, he was arrested by the Germans. After three weeks in prisons in Kraków and
Wrocław, he ended up in the
Sachsenhausen concentration camp. His stay in the camp had a bad effect on his health, and he was placed in the camp hospital. He was released from the camp on February 8, 1940, and returned to Kraków seriously ill. He never recovered and died there .
Personal life He was married to Józefa Sariusz Jelita – Małecka. (1897–1957), professor for administrative law at Jagiellonian University, was his son. == References ==