ALUMNUS OF THE IMPERIAL MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY NIKOLAY PAVLOVICH TISHUTKIN
The article is devoted to the life and work of Nikolai Pavlovich Tishutkin. Russian scientist, doctor of medicine, state councilor, military doctor, professor of histology, teacher, translator and inventor. Author of remarkable articles on histology, toxicology, mycology and bacteriology. The pioneer of the idea of using bacteriotherapy in fungal diseases. From historical sources and archival materials, it was possible to collect single information from the biography of N.P. Tishutkin. Life path of N.P. Tishutkin is closely associated with the Imperial Military Medical Academy and many famous scientists of that time. Closest to N.P. Tishutkin his academic colleagues: professors of histology M.D. Lavdovsky and A.A. Maksimov, the first scientific supervisor N.P. Tishutkina and director of the Imperial Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg, Professor A.F. Batalin and others. The results of the study allow not only to analyze the life and personal achievements of N.P. Tishutkin, but also to consider some of the historical events of the late 19th century in Russia through the prism of the life of one of the graduates of the Imperial Military Medical Academy, graduated in 1891. The turbulent time before the coming revolution, coupled with instability in Russian society, epidemics and famine of 1891-1892, give special value to Tishutkin's devotion to science and chosen profession. The last years of N.P. Tishutkin are connected with the biography of Professor A.A. Maksimov, the head of the department of histology and embryology (1903 - 1922), chief and colleague of N.P. Tishutkin. Their relationship allows to consider the personality of A.A. Maksimov in a new ligh. For the first time the information about family of Nikolai Pavlovich Tishutkin is published.