D.A. Balalykin The author offers a “religio-philosophical system” as an important factor, which played a determining role in the development of natural science and medicine in the pre-historic period (prior to the beginning of the Scientific Revolution of the XVII century). This approach allows us to analyze the history of medicine in the general context …

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G.L. Mikirtichan The paper offers a new perspective for studying the history of pediatrics. A comprehensive, systematic and consistent analysis of the history of pediatric science and practice suggests an interdisciplinary approach and the use of sources describing not merely medical problems, but also legal status of children including those experiencing life’s hardships, as well …

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A.M. Moulin The Crimean War has been considered as one of the first World Wars because of the number of great empires and the diversity of the troops involved. Each empire, such as the Russians, the Ottomans, the British and the French, mobilized soldiers from various ethnic groups. Unfortunately also famous for the number of …

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Yu.L. Shevchenko, M.N. Kozovenko This article reviews and gives brief characteristics to the three stages of progression of the religio-philosophical heritage of Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov. The return of the famous Russian surgeon to the Orthodox faith after rejecting his materialistic convictions is directly tied to his most significant practical and scientific achievements. His worldview is …

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K.K. Vasylyev Based on the data from the archives, which the author is first to introduce to the scientific circulation, and a critical analysis of the literature, we observe the life’s journey of a medical doctor Ivan Mitrofanovich Lutsenko (1864– 1919), whom history presents as an active figure in the epoch of the civil war …

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V.K. Ronin University of Leuven, Antwerp Campus, Belgium In the years of 1908−1909 the newly founded Belgian colony in Africa was in desperate need of physicians and other specialists. A significant contribution into the development of medical aid in Congo and the battle against Human African Trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) was made by …

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N.T. Eregina This article is dedicated to the student years of the scholar M.I. Perelman. Based on the archival materials we analyze the biographical facts of the future renowned scientist and also observe the specificities of the educational process in medical universities during the years of the Great Patriotic War. Keywords: M.I. Perelman, the Great …

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T.I. Surovtseva The forming of the “Society of competition of medical and physics sciences” (1804) – the first scientific medical society, became an important step in the development of natural science in the Medical Faculty of the Moscow University. The articles of association, confirmed in 1804, gave the Moscow University a status of a highest …

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G.B. Ferngren Organized care for the poor was not known in the civil charity that existed in the classical culture of Greece and Rome. In its framework, aid was distributed by rich philanthropists among all citizens, regardless of their social status or financial status. The new charity system, based on donations, was established on the …

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P.E. Ratmanov The article summarizes the approaches of Western historians of medicine to the typology of the Western medical tradition based on kinds of medicine”: bedside, library, hospital, laboratory and public. Keywords: Western medical tradition, kinds of medicine, typology of medicine, Western Europe, historiography Open the article in pdf Published in Vol. 1. №1, 2014