History of Medicine

History

An Open Access Journal

Vol.4. No.3. 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. …

Vivisection Ancient and Modern Read More »

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 …

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

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 …

Some aspects of teaching the history of medicine: the case study method Read More »

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 …

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

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, …

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

After the Khabarovsk Trials of 1949: the USSR, US and the Attempt to Organize a New Tribunal at the Far East during the Cold War

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.08h Viktoriya V. Romanova1,Yaroslav A. Shulatov21FSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia2Kobe University1-2-1 Tsurukabuto, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan After the Khabarovsk Trials of 1949 over the Japanese war criminals, who were involved in the bacteriological program and human experimentation, the USSR initiated a new …

After the Khabarovsk Trials of 1949: the USSR, US and the Attempt to Organize a New Tribunal at the Far East during the Cold War Read More »

Medical ethics in the history of medicine. The phenomenon of “holy doctors”: the historical portrayal of Ye.S. Botkin

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.07g Аlexander G. Chuchalin,Irina V. SiluyanovaFSBEI HE N.I. Pirogov RNRMU MOH Russia1 Ostrovityanova St., Moscow 117997, Russia The existence of canonized doctors in cultural history allows us to affirm the reality of the “holy doctors” phenomenon in the history of medicine. The main distinguishing feature of this phenomenon is the principle of the physician’s …

Medical ethics in the history of medicine. The phenomenon of “holy doctors”: the historical portrayal of Ye.S. Botkin Read More »

Doctor of medicine A.I. Rammul’s Moscow period of work (1905–1915)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.09i Tatyana G. Medvedeva,Kira V. BogatyrevaFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia An attempt has been made to reconstruct doctor of medicine A.I. Rammul’s period of work in Moscow (1905–1915). Rammul’s name is associated with the development of scientific hygiene and epidemiology in Russia. On …

Doctor of medicine A.I. Rammul’s Moscow period of work (1905–1915) Read More »

The contribution of Petr Ivanovich Karuzin to the formation of the national anatomy

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.10j Vladimir N. Nikolenko1,2, Valentina A. Kudryashova1, Anna V. Shumak1, Negoriya A. Rizayeva1, Marine V. Oganesyan11FSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia2Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityLeninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia This article presents biographical data and information about the main areas of work of an …

The contribution of Petr Ivanovich Karuzin to the formation of the national anatomy Read More »

The Pythagoreansʼ influence on medicine: a historical fact or problems of interpretation? Part 1

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.3.2017.01a Dmitry A. BalalykinNataliya P. ShokFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The article deals with the infl uence of Pythagoreans’ views on medicine. The authors clarify a point of view that has been developed in historiography, according to which during Antiquity there existed …

The Pythagoreansʼ influence on medicine: a historical fact or problems of interpretation? Part 1 Read More »