History of Medicine

History

An Open Access Journal

Vol.5. No.1. 2018

What do we know about Erasistratus? Part1

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.01a Dmitry A. BalalykinFSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»12 Vorontsovo Pole str., building 1, Moscow 105064, Russia The work of renowned 3rd century BC Alexandrian doctor Erasistratus is significant in the history of ancient medicine. The author of the article calls into question numerous assessments of his work, which have evolved …

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On the history of national medicine: Vasily Parmenovich Obraztsova (1851–1920)

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.02b Vladimir I. Borodulin1Konstantin K. Vasylyev2Mikhail V. Poddubniy1Aleksey V. Topolyanskiy31FSSBI “N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health”12 Vorontsovo Pole St., building 1, Moscow 105064, Russia2Odessa National Medical University, Ukraine2 Valikhovsky Lane, Odessa 65082, Ukraine3 FSBEI HE A.I. Evdokimov MSMSU MOH Russia20 Delegatskaya St., building 1, Moscow 127473, Russia In this article, the authors …

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Sanitary-microbiological research at the Hygiene Department of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University: the history and the present

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.03c Natalia I. Sheina,Victor V. Korolik,Jurij P. Pivovarov,Ljubov’ I. Mjalina,Ljudmila S. Zinevich,Raisa S. Volkova,Ljubov’ P. Sazonova,Valentina V. KolesnikovaPirogov Russian National Research Medical University1 Ostrovitianov str., Moscow, Russia, 117997 The Department of Hygiene at the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University is one of the leading schools in the field of sanitary microbiology – its …

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V.M. Bekhterev in Bulgaria

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.04d Georgy Shingarov1,Irina G. Tatarovskaya21Modern University for the Humanities32 Nizhegorodskaya str., bilding 4, Moscow 109029, Russia2Institute for African Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences30/1 Spiridonovka str., Moscow 123001, Russia In 1877, V.M. Bekhterev was in Bulgaria and in 1909 he was a student of the St. Petersburg Military Surgical Academy. In April 1877, as …

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The rise of professional obstetric and paediatric care in the pre-revolutionary Transbaikal region

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.05e Sergey D. BatoevFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The government’s incorporation of the vast territory of the Transbaikal region did not initially involve broad socioeconomic development of this region. Gradually, it became clearly understood that for the successful development of the economically …

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N.P. Kamenev and psychiatric care in the Tula province in the late 19th and the early 20th century

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.06f 1Olga V. Tereshkina,2Elena N. Bobkova1Tula State University, Medical Institute, Tula128, Boldin St., Tula 300028, Russia2 FSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The late 19th to early 20th century saw the development of new scientific views and approaches to the understanding and treatment …

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The work of the American medical detachment as а part of the Russian army on the Caucasian front during World War I

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.07g Ivan M. Chizh,Maria S. Sergeeva,Igor V. Karpenko,Ilya V. FedoseikinFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The article covers a little-known episode from World War I, concerning the work of one of the foreign detachments (hospitals) in the Russian Tsarist army. The large-scale sanitary …

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On the history of the discovery of bacteriophages

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.08h Andrey V. Ermolaev,Tatiana S. SorokinaPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia6, Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow 117198, Russia The article is devoted to an analysis of the significance of bacteriophages’ discovery in the subsequent development of medicine: from the prevention and control of infectious bacterial diseases to the study of global evolutionary mechanisms by genetic engineering methods. …

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Virchow’s node: historical and didactic features of the description of the eponym

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.09i Nikolay N. Krylov,Aftandil V. Alekberzade,Elena A. PiatenkoFSAEI HE I.M. Sechenov First MSMU MOH Russia (Sechenov University)8 Trubetskaya St., building 2, Moscow 119991, Russia The eponym is a part of the nomenclature of medicine. In 1848, R. Virchow described the enlarged left supraclavicular lymph node (Virchow’s node), which he uncovered by physical examination. He …

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The practice of medical cartography from a historical perspective

DOI: 10.17720/2409-5834.v5.1.2018.10j Alexey Yu. Kuzmenkov,Veronika M. Ostapenko,Roman S. KozlovSmolensk State Medical University28 Krupskoy St., Smolensk 214019, Russia This work covers the main stages in the development of medical cartography as a branch of medical geography. The author reveals the origin and early development of this analytical method when the development or preparation of maps with …

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