History of Medicine

History

An Open Access Journal

Vol.3. No.2. 2016

Smallpox vaccination in the Transbaikal region (from the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.12t Sergey D. Batoev V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky Scientifi c and Practical Center of Special Medical Care for Children The article presents the results of research on smallpox vaccination in the Transbaikal region. It explores the history of smallpox vaccination from the moment of its introduction by advocate doctors to the start of organized public programs throughout …

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The old guard of domestic medical therapy: Military Medical Academy member V.N. Sirotinin (1855−1934)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.13b V.I. Borodulin, M.V. Poddubniy, A.V. Topolyanskiy N.A. Semashko National Public Health Research Institute The Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation The first complete scientific biography of prominent early 20th century Russian physician V.N. Sirotinin is presented. An analysis of archival documents …

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Diaries of S.P. Botkin, Physician-in-Ordinary to the Tzar Family, as encyclopedia of medicine of the Russian Imperial Court

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.14g Sergei G. Zhuravskii The Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical UniversityRussian archives retain three diary books by a renowned Russian physician S.P. Botkin (1832−1889), containing information relating to his service as Physician-in-Ordinary to the Tzar Family in 1872−1889. Botkin’s work notes provide an important source revealing the practical arrangement of the royal court medical …

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On the biography of Professor M.S. Makarov (1906–1977)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.15s Andrey V. Kartashev Alexander A. Vorotnikov Stavropol State Medical University On the basis of archival documents, information about the life of the surgeon, traumatologist, orthopedist and cytologist Professor M.S. Makarov (1906−1977) is presented. His work has been inextricably linked with the Stavropol Territory. Makarov organized of the provision of specialized orthopedic and trauma care …

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Pages from the biography of privatdozent T.I. Vyazemsky (1857−1914)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.16m M. A. Morokhovets This article is about the life of the doctor of medicine and assistant professor T.I. Vyazemsky, whose activities were associated with the medical faculty of Imperial Moscow University for many years. Utterly devoted to science, Vyazemsky – a scholar, public figure, bibliophile and historian of medicine – was one of the …

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Medical councils and doctors’ societies in Saint Petersburg in the first half of the 19th century

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.17v Elena A. Vishlenkova 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 discusses the history of medical management’s institutionalization in Russia in the first half of the 19th century. On the basis of documents from the archives of …

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The activities of the Siberia Public Healthcare Interregional Association in the 1990s

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.18d E.V. Lukov National Research Tomsk State University The article discusses the activities of the Siberia Public Healthcare Interregional Association (SPHCIA). The purpose of this research is to examine SPHCIA’s work in the reforms of the 1990s, to identify and illustrate the main problems in medical care, describe the existing practices and mechanisms of interregional …

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On several prerequisites for the emergence of rational medicine according to Hippocratic Corpus

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.19a Evgeniya L. Panova I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, The Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationBased on an analysis of Russian translations of Hippocratic Corpus texts, several preconditions are identifi ed that enabled the emergence of rational medicine in the classical period of ancient Greek culture. According to the author, the fi …

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History of medicine in the Czech Republic: past and present

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v3.2.2016.20e Karel Černý Charles University in Prague This paper provides an overview of the history of medicine in the Czech Republic – from its’ beginning to the present time. It deals with the institutional development, the establishing of various learned societies and scientific journals as well as the role of individual historians. The first part …

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