Nikolay Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky | |
|---|---|
 Sklifosovsky in 1899 | |
| Born | 25 March 1836[1] |
| Died | 30 November 1904 (aged 68)[1] |
| Education | Doctor of Science (1863)[1] |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1859) |
| Known for | first application of the aseptic method in surgery; first use of local anesthesia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | Imperial Moscow University |
| Thesis | About the bloody periutrical tumor (О кровяной околоматочной опухоли)[1] |
Nikolai Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (Russian: Николай Васильевич Склифосовский; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1836 — 13 December [O.S. 30 November] 1904) was a Russian surgeon and physiologist of Moldavian origin. He was born near the town of Dubasari, which is now in Transnistria. Sklifosovsky was a professor of medicine in Saint Petersburg, Kiev, and Moscow. He was a founder of the «Clinical Town» at Devichye Pole.
Legacy
The Moscow Institute of Emergency First Aid, often abbreviated as Sklif, has borne his name since 1923.[1]
In 1870, on the recommendation of Pirogov, another prominent Russian surgeon, Sklifosovsky was invited to head the department of surgery at Kyiv University. However, he did not stay in Kyiv for long: soon he went to war again, this time to the theater of the Franco-Prussian war.
About 10,000 wounded passed through Sklifosovskyi. The doctors and nurses, among whom was the surgeon's wife Sofya Oleksandrivna, supported Nikolai Vasylievich's strength by occasionally pouring a few sips of wine into his mouth between separate operations.[2]
In 2001 the Central Bank of Transnistria arranged for the minting of a silver coin featuring this native of today's Transnistria, as part of a series of commemorative coins honoring The Outstanding People of Pridnestrovie.
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