Medical service and medication provision of the population of Rossonsky district of Vitebsk region in the period of the district entry into the Russian empire (1772-1918 years)
It has been determined during the investigation that the development of medication provision as well as medical aid to the population on the territory of Rossonsky district during the period of 1772-1918 years occurred under the conditions of medicine reformation, health service management body establishing; coming of doctors and paramedical personnel to the rural areas where their medical functions had been previously performed by healers. The article deals with the medical service organization and medication provision under the circumstances of extreme poverty of the peasantry and very low standard of culture of the rural population. The role of the rural hospitals and paramedical units in the provision of the population with medicaments, when free chemists shops on the district territory were absent, is shown.