APPEARANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROPAEDEUTIC THERAPY IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
The analysis of development ofpropaedeutic therapy in the Republic of Belarus has been carried out. It has been shown that the process of development of propaedeutic therapy is closely related to the development of the university medical science and to the foundation of the departments of propaedeutic therapy at higher medical educational institutions. The chronology of the appearance and development of the departments ofpropaedeutic therapy in Minsk, Vitebsk, Grodno and Gomel medical institutes (universities at present) as well as biographic information about the personnel including the most prominent scientists, professors, clinicians and teachers who worked at these institutions at different periods of time are presented in the paper.