DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v2.2.2015.15k A. Karenberg,Doctor of Medical Science, ProfessorInstitute for the History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, University of Cologne (Germany) By reviewing the original sources, this paper examines Galen’s contributions to the doctrine of stroke, or, in ancient terminology, “apoplexy”. Following a…

A. Debru, Honorable Professor of the History of Medicine University Paris Descartes (France) Galen was a philosopher and a physician all his life, paying particular attention to the importance of anatomy. Such issues as the localization of parts of the soul, such…

T. Tieleman, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Utrecht University (Netherlands) This article discusses the notion of the art of medicine in the work of Galen of Pergamon (129 ‒ ca. 213). On one hand Galen propagates an exalted role and status for medicine…

V.V. Shkarin1, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President and Chairman of the Department of Epidemiology of the Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy E.G. Simonova2,3, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Leading Researcher 1 Nizhny Novgorod…

P.I. Sidorov, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Academic at the Russian Academy of Sciences Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk (Russian Federation) This article will systematize the remaining areas of tension between religion and science and discuss the possibilities for overcoming them by using…

P.M. Bogopolsky, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Department of Scientific Programs and Staff Training Academic B.V. Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery, Moscow (Russian Federation) In Russia in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, along with the university…

P.M. Bogopolsky, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Department of Scientific Programs and Staff Training Academic B.V. Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery, Moscow (Russian Federation) In Russia in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, along with the university…

V.I. Borodulin1, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.V. Topolianskiy2, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor 1 The Federal Agency for Scientific Institutions’ N.A. Semashko National Public Health Research Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation); 2 The Russian Ministry of Health’s A.I. Evdokimov Mosсow State…

V.V. Romanova, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow (Russian Federation) The formation and activities of the Red Cross in the Amur Governorate General, which was established in…

М.Y. Chernichenko, Director of the Museum of the History of Medicine I.M. Sechenov First State Moscow Medical University, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow (Russian Federation) The article deals with the participation of professors and graduates of the Imperial…