Contents

DISCUSSION

On the problem of periodization in the history of medicine
D.A. Balalykin

The history of clinical medicine in Russia: who finds their way into the pages of history?

V.I. Borodulin

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Galen on pharmacology: his scientific way of thinking and contribution to the pharmacology of Cyprus
A. Malapani

I.P. Pavlov: a scholar and authority
N.Yu. Pivovarov, N.P. Shok

HISTORY OF HEALTHCARE

Soviet dental prosthetics in the second half of the 20th century: availability and quality issues
V.V. Gonchar

The Main Directorate for State Health Care (1916–1917): an establishment or partial formation?
M.N. Kozovenko

HISTORY OF RUSSIAN MEDICINE

Elena Ivanovna Kropacheva (1926–2013): the fate of the surgeon-professor
I.V. Pchelina, Y.I. Aseeva

SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

The Ukrainian Scientific Society of Medical Historians

K.K. Vasylyev, Yu.K. Vasylyev