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 Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow (Russian Federation); 3The Moscow State University of Medicine …

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

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 Central Committee, N.S. Khrushchev, in which he stated the need to amend the …

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

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 for the creation of the “new man”, was developed in Russia in 1910–1920s, …

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

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 applies David Bradshaw’s analysis of the reception of Aristotle in the Christian East …

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

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. Contemporary bioethics in the west reflects an account of the state that, like …

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

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, it deals with the philosophical and symbolic meaning of “nerve”, which is often …

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

K.K. Vasylyev1, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor at the Department of the Social Medicine Yu.K. Vasylyev2, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Assistant of the Department of the Social Medicine 1 The Odessa National Medicine University (Ukraine); 2 Sumy State University (Ukraine) This article is dedicated to the life and work of Professor E.A. Uspensky – doctor …

On the biography of Professor E.A. Uspensky (1901–1977) Read More »

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 devoted to the service of Russian medicine. To promote Russian science abroad, he …

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

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 Russia (1856‒1917). Approaches to the study of professions in the UK and the …

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

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. Petrovsky National Research Center of Surgery, Moscow (Russian Federation); 2I.M. Sechenov First Moscow …

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