The lost page of the history of the USSR cardiology: Moscow professors Ya.G. Etinger (1887–1951) and V.E. Nezlin (1894–1975)

October 1, 2015

V.I. Borodulin1, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor S.P. Glyantsev1,2, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor A.V. Topolyanskiy3, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor  1N.A. Semashko National Public Health Research Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation); 2The National Research Institute of Public Health of Bakoulev Scientific…

“Counting on the ‘universality’ of the surgeon is less and less justified”: A.N. Bakulev’s letter to N.S. Khrushchev. September 1955

October 1, 2015

N.Yu. Pivovarov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Chief Specialist The Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, Moscow (Russian Federation) In September 1955, the president of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Academician A.N. Bakulev sent a letter to the first secretary of the CPSU…

“Physiological collectivism”: the origins of the Institute of Blood Transfusion’s ideas and their practical realization

October 1, 2015

M.S. Sergeeva, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of the History of Medicine, National History and Culturology I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow (Russian Federation) “Physiological collectivism”, a method…

The distant echo of Aristotle in bioethics today – and how to reduce the Noise

October 1, 2015

C. Delkeskamp-Hayes, Director of European Programs, International Studies in Philosophy of Medicine, Inc., Editor of The Journal of Christian Bioethics, Freigericht (Germany) “The philosopher,” as Aquinas called Aristotle, owes his continued cultural impact to Christians’ appreciation of their pagan predecessors. This article…

Aristotle’s ethics and politics: reflections on bioethics and the contemporary state

October 1, 2015

A. Iltis, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Professor Wake Forest University, Department of Philosophy, Center for Bioethics, Health & Society, Winston-Salem (USA) For Aristotle, ethics and politics are inseparable. The polis is essential to fostering the good life and exists for a moral purpose….

Galen’s terminology: the philosophical and symbolic meaning of “nerve”

October 1, 2015

A.P. Shcheglov, Professor at the Department of the History of Medicine, National History and Culturology I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow (Russian Federation) This article analyzes the terminology of Galen; in particular,…

Pages from the biography of Professor L.Z. Morokhovets (1848–1919)

October 1, 2015

M.A. Morokhovets, Candidate of Technical Sciences The article tells us about the life of Professor L.Z. Morokhovets, whose work was closely connected with the Faculty of Medicine of Moscow University in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Morokhovets’ professional activities were…

The Western concept of medical professionalism in the Russian realities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

October 1, 2015

P.E. Ratmanov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor at the Department of Public Health and Healthcare Far Eastern State Medical University, Khabarovsk (Russian Federation) The article describes research on the application of the Anglo-American concept of professionalism to the medical history of pre-revolutionary…

On some controversial issues concerning the interrelation of cardiology and cardiac surgery

October 1, 2015

P.M. Bogopolsky1, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Department of Scientific Programs and Staff Training D.A. Balalykin2, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chairman at the Department of the History of Medicine, National History and Culturology 1B.V….

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