Edmund Faustyn Biernacki (b. December 19, 1866 in Opoczno - December 29, 1911 in Lwów) was a Polish physician. December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Opoczno - a town in central Poland with 23,000 inhabitants (2002). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Motto: Semper fidelis Oblast Lviv Oblast Municipal government City council (Львівська міська рада) Mayor City chairman Lyubomyr Bunyak Area 171,01 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 808,900 ? 4786/km² Founded City rights 13th century 1353 Latitude Longitude 49°51′ N 24°01′ E Area code +0322 Car plates  ? Twin towns Corning, Freiburg... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ...

Biernacki was the first one to note a relationship between the rate of disappearance of the red corpuscles in a human blood sample and the general condition of the organism. This method, known as the Biernacki Reaction, is universally practised in all laboratories in the world. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), also called a sedimentation rate, sed rate or Biernacki Reaction, is a non-specific measure of inflammation that is commonly used as a medical screening test. ...