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The emergence of professional obstetric aid in Smolensk province in the 19th – early 20th century

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.06f Natalya A. Mitsyuk1,Natalya L. Pushkareva2,Veronika M. Ostapenko11FSBEI HE SSMU MOH Russia28 Krupskoy St., Smolensk 214019, Russia2IEA RAS MOH Russia2a Leninsky ave., Moscow 119334, Russia With the use of interdisciplinary approach, the history (the origins and the development) of professional obstetric aid in Russian provinces (as exemplified by Smolensk Governorate) in 19th – early …

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To the biography of Professor V.G. Vogralik: method of acupuncture and aspects of Soviet-Chinese relations in the 1950s

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.07g Olga S. NagornykhNizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy MOH RussiaMinin sq., 10/1 Nizhny Novgorod 603005, Russia The article deals with the main stages of the activity of Professor V.G. Vogralik, one of which is associated with the introduction of methods of reflexology into medical practice. His scientific and pedagogical activity began at Tomsk State …

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To the biography of N.A. Semashko

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.09i Evgeny V. Arsentyev,Vladimir A. ReshetnikovFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The authors of this article consider separate stages of the biography of N.A. Semashko. There is an attempt to reconstruct on the basis of available publications and archival materials (personal fund of …

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On the history of clinical neurology at Imperial Moscow University: the department of nervous diseases at the Novo-Catherine hospital in 1911–1913

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.08h Anastasiia A. Bryleva,Yevgeniya L. PanovaFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The article focuses on the research of unknown facts of the history of neurology clinical teaching at Imperial Moscow University, mainly related to the activities of the department of nervous diseases of …

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Praxagoras of Cos on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma. Review

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.10j Orly Lewis. Praxagoras of Cos on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma. Fragments and Interpretation. Studies on Ancient Medicine 48. Leiden: Brill, 2017. 391 p. Reviewed byEugene AfonasinTomsk State University; Institute of philosophy and law SB RAS,Anna AfonasinaNovosibirsk State University Open the article in pdf Published in Vol. 4. №4, 2017

Vivisection Ancient and Modern

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.02b Gary FerngrenOregon State University (USA)1500 SW Jefferson St. Corvallis, OR 97331FSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia This paper addresses the debate over the practice of human vivisection, most notably as practiced in the ancient world by the Alexandrian physicians Herophilus and Erasistratus. …

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On the biography of P.P. Belousov: the role of Tula’s first sanitary doctor in the construction of the city water supply system

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.03c Olga V. TereshkinaTula State University, Medical Institute, Tula128, Boldin St., Tula 300028, Russia In the second half of the 19th century, the provision of drinking water to Russian cities was a pressing need for social and hygiene reasons. In Tula, this had become a key issue for the development of the city and …

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Some aspects of teaching the history of medicine: the case study method

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.04d Yana G. GrigoryanFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia In this article the case study method as a training strategy for teaching the history of medicine is discussed. The author views the history of medicine as an interdisciplinary knowledge system offering a variety …

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Manchurian Plague of 1910–1911 in newspaper cartoons (part 2)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.05e Pavel E. RatmanovFSBEI HE FESMU MOH RussiaMurav’eva-Amurskogo St., 35, Khabarovsk 680000, Russia The article presents an analysis and interpretation of the satirical illustrations published in the Harbin newspaper Novaya Zhizn on the events connected with the pneumonic plague epidemic in Harbin (1910–1911). Bureaucracy and the ineff ectiveness of a number of medical measures …

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History of Medicine in Science Education: didactic resources on the Portuguese doctors Amato Lusitano and Garcia de Orta

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.06f Isilda T. Rodrigues1,2,Andreia M. Carneiro de Carvalho21University of PortoPraça de Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal2University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroApartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal The addition of the history of medicine to teaching aims to develop scientific education and instill in students the understanding that scientific knowledge is not immutable but dynamic, …

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