claim: The Big Country was based on a serialized magazine novel.
evidence: Medical Academy of Łodz was a Polish medical university which functioned in the country 's second-largest city , Łodz , from 1950 to 2002 .. Polish. Poland. Łodz. Łodz. Founded on 1 January 1950 , the institution merged with the Military Medical Academy of Łodz on 1 October 2002 , to form the Medical University of Łodz , known as a leading European research center and Poland 's largest hospital teaching unit .. Łodz. Łodz. Medical University of Łodz. Medical University of Łodz. Category  : Defunct universities and colleges in Poland. Category  : Universities and colleges in Łodz. Łodz. Łodz. Category  : Schools of medicine in Poland. Category  : Educational institutions established in 1950. Category  : Educational institutions disestablished in 2002. Category  :1950 establishments in Poland