Captain Leon Bogusław Garliński (1900–1989), was a dermatologist who was the last head of the Skin and Venereal Department of the 3^rd Regional Hospital in Grodno and one of the few doctors of this institution who managed to survive the Second World War. He was born on April 1, 1900 in Ostrołęka to Józef and Antonina Garliński. In the years 1923–1929, as a cadet of the Sanitary Cadet School, he studied at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Warsaw. In 1930, he graduated from the University of Warsaw. In the interwar period, he served as a military doctor in the 80th Nowogródek Rifle Regiment in Słonim, the 21^st Light Artillery Regiment in Oświęcim, and the 6^th Light Artillery Regiment in Kraków. The crowning achievement of his military career was his appointment as the head of the Skin and Venereal Department of the 3^rd Regional Hospital in Grodno, in 1938. During the September Campaign of 1939, he was a physician of the 76^th Lida Infantry Regiment and took part in fightings at Sulejów and Piotrków Trybunalski. After the World War II, he was the head of the Skin and Venereal Department of the Regional Military Hospital No. 3 in Kraków. He died on January 29, 1989 in Krakow. His biography reflects the fate of many Polish physicians who survived the Second World War and occupation.