The article is a description of the professional career of a Polish neurologist, scientist, teacher, for about 60 years associated with the Military Institute of Medicine – Professor Teofan Domżał. Writing in the first person, I present my decades-long contribution to the development of Polish and world neurology. The background for the described events is also the characteristics of changes in the organization of the military health service and the Military Institute of Medicine over the decades. The work illustrates also the great progress that has been made in the field of neurology during my professional life.