P.P. Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy - prominent Russian surgeon, teacher, scientist (to the 200th anniversary from his birthday)
The main milestones of creative life of P.P. Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy - prominent domestic surgeon, teacher and scholar - are presented.. After graduating from the medical faculty of Moscow University and receive the title of doctor in 1835 Pavel Parfenovich Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy participated in the expedition to explore and study the Eastern shores of the Caspian sea. He has published several papers on medical geography, climate, flora, population, and long-lived in the area. In 1938 he became a doctor of medicine and for three years (1839-1842) at the medical faculty in France studied anatomy, physiology, general pathology, and surgery. On returning to Russia, he worked in the Pirogov clinic and was a resident of the 2nd Military-land hospital, where he mastered the surgical skill, has developed a number of operational procedures, and surgical instruments. He should be accepted as a disciple of the great surgeon Pirogov. From 1845 to 1852 P.P. Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy led the Department of forensic medicine, continuing to manage the selected minimal environmental Department of the hospital. He was the first in the Academy and in Russia began to operate on patients under chloroform anesthesia (1847). Professor P.P. Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy in 1952, the head of the chair of theoretical surgery Imperial medico-surgical academy, where he read lectures to the students who attended the clinic and took part in operations and dressings in departments of the hospital. In 1866 he gave the Department to E.I. Bogdanovsky, and then for three years he headed the academic surgical clinic. Pavel Parfenovich has published 57 scientific works. A significant part of them is devoted to the issues of surgery and urology, independent course of urogenital diseases he read continuously for 26 years (1843-1869). For fundamental work «The doctrine of diseases of the testicle, spermatic cord and scrotum (Atlas)» in 1848 he received Demidov prize of the Academy of Sciences. P.P. Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy was one of the founders of dentistry and otolaryngology in our country. He made a significant contribution to the development of venereology. For 27 years (1842-1869) he taught students venereology course. He has published a number of scientific works, and for the textbook «A guide to the study and treatment of syphilis diseases» (1857) was awarded the Demidov prize for the second time. He owns a number of works on the history of surgery, hygiene and other services P.P. Zablotskiy-Desyatovskiy was valued by the Emperor: he was promoted to actual civil councillor, received order of Ann tape and precious gifts. He had the title of the honored Professor of the medical surgical Academy, the Secretary of the Main directorate of the Red cross, was a member of the society of Russian doctors Imperial geographical society, the free-economic society, the committee of public health. In 1882 Pavel Parfenovich was unanimously elected chairman of the Surgical society named after N.I. Pirogov.