History of Medicine

History

An Open Access Journal

Vol.4. No.4. 2017

The Pythagorean influence on medicine: a historical fact or a problem of interpretation? Part 2

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.01a Dmitry A. Balalykin,Nataliya P. ShokFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The authors of this article consider the influence of the Pythagoreans’ views on medicine. They justify two significant for the history and philosophy of medicine theses. The first one is the lack …

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Personality and private life of S.P. Botkin (on the materials of “Letters of S.P. Botkin from Bulgaria of 1877”)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.02b Sergei G. Zhuravskii1,21Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University MOH Russia6–8 L’va Tolstogo St., Saint Petersburg 197022, Russia2Almazov National Medical Research Centre MOH Russia2Akkuratova St., Saint Petersburg 197341, Russia “The letters of S.P. Botkin from Bulgaria of 1877” is the only epistolary document among the published works of the famous Russian physician. Traditionally, …

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The main trends of science and popular science literature evolvement in 1918–1935

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.03c Nikita Yu. PivovarovFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The author of the article analyzes the main trends of the development of Soviet medicine, which had an impact on science and popular science literature, and highlights the key points determining the evolution of …

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Military medicine in the pre-revolutionary Transbaikalia

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.04d Sergey D. BatoevFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The article deals with the moments related to the birth and development of military medicine in the pre-revolutionary Trans-Baikal region (Transbaikalia). The first military formations with permanent dislocation in this region appeared in the …

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Regional features of urban healthcare reforms in Western Siberia (1947 – late 1950s)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v4.4.2017.05e Marina P. DudkinaNovosibirsk state technical University20 Karl Marx Avenue, Novosibirsk 630073, Russia In this article, regional aspects of Soviet urban healthcare reforms, introduced in the post-war period, are viewed following the analysis of archival data and publicly disclosed statistical sources. The administrative reform, the greatest in fifteen years that followed World War II, …

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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