IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR NIKOLAY MARKIANOVICH VOLKOVICH (1858 - 1928) - SURGEON-INNOVER, CLINICIST AND TEACHER (TO THE 160TH BIRTHDAY AND THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH)

Abstract

The article presents the main milestones of the life and scientific creativity of the professor. N.M. Volkovich is widely known for studies in abdominal surgery, traumatology, orthopedics, otorhinolaryngology, urology, gynecology and neurosurgery. Little-known facts from his life are established. working in the Aleksandrovskaya hospital, Volkovich gained extensive experience in clinical surgery and traumatology. It was stressed that the most significant contribution was made by N.M. Volkovitch in traumatology. It is noted that he advocated the expediency of early rising of patients, defended the principle of functional treatment of fractures. The work of Nikolai Markianovich on the treatment of fractures is analyzed, literally until the end of his days, having completed numerous works with an extensive monograph “Damage to bones and joints.” Under his leadership, 84 scientific works were published, of which about half in German, amaze with the variety of topics touched. As time has shown, the main theoretical and practical positions and discoveries of the scientist still form the basis of our knowledge in fundamental surgery and traumatology.