A biography of a Soviet Doctor.

Translated from the Russian by Raissa Bobrova and Yuri Sviridov
Designed by Sergei Danilov

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Introduction

THE BEGINNING

I. AN ADULT CHILDHOOD

The Early Years
Forward Into the Dawn
My First Teachers
II. THOSE UNFORGETTABLE STUDENT DAYS

At Moscow University
Medicine Relies on Drugs
Man’s Invisible Enemies
School of Civic Awareness
The “Communards”
Michurin’s Assignment
III. RUSSIA’S GREAT DOCTORS

Grandson of the Great Revolutionary Democrat
The Outstanding Therapeutist
The Birth of a Man
My First Acquaintance with Burdenko
Scientists, Teachers, Instructors
The Republic’s “Head Doctor”
IV. THE ROAD INTO SCIENCE

My Post-Graduate Studies
Our Ivan Glebich
Pavlov’s Wednesdays
Scientific Schools
A Team Without “Stars”
THE TEACHER AND THE PUPILS

With Burdenko Again
At an Operating Table
Pupils and Followers
“Give Anaesthetic!”
Everybody Has a Gift of His Own
Before the Storm
THROUGH THE WAR

I. THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR

Yershovo Field
A Doctor of the People
Our Patrons
II. AT STALINGRAD

Baptism by Fire
The Kamyshin “University”
In the Thick of Things
Army Surgeon
Order No. 220
III. WE ARE MOVING WEST

In the Forests and Swamps of Byelorussia
The Outstanding Surgeon
“Pan Doctor”
IV. VICTORY

In East Prussia
Fascism’s Terrible Trail
The Major Everybody Knew and Loved
The Last Battles
THE DAYS OF PEACE

I. BACK HOME

Science Knows No Minor Discoveries
New Challenges
Everyone’s Contribution
The Surgeon’s Trusty Helpers
II. SURGERY AS IT IS

The Eternal Search for Truth
Surgery and Technological Progress
Hypothermy in the Service of Medicine
“The Blood of Your Heart…”
Bones Are a Living Tissue
III. A MAJOR PROBLEM IN MODERN SURGERY

“Professor Dowell’s Head”
The Dog’s Fifth Leg
The Tissue Barrier
A Borrowed Kidney
When the Heart Stops
Rejuvenation
Looking Into the Future
A HIGHLY RESPECTED AND RESPONSIBLE OFFICE

I. THE TRAINING OF SOVIET DOCTORS

The Teacher and the Pupil
The Mainstay
II. WORKING AS A TEAM

The Academic Council
The Rector’s Office
Departmental Research
III. FINE TRADITIONS

Inauguration Day
Our Glorious Forerunners
The Hippocratic Oath of Soviet Doctors