Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov - the founder of experimental surgery
The article analyses the activity of N.I.Pirogov in the field of experimental surgery and considers the contribution of the scientist in the formation and development of this direction in Russia and Europe. Besides, there is presented the description of the achievements of prominent surgeons-experimenters V.P.Demikhov and Yu.M.Lopukhin - followers of N.I.Pirogov.