Background
IGNATOVSKIY, Afanasiy was born in 1858.
IGNATOVSKIY, Afanasiy was born in 1858.
1884 graduate Medical Faculty, Kiev, University.
From 1884 intern, Faculty Surgical Clinic, Kiev University. 1892 defended doctor’s thesis on skull fractures. 1894 studied under Virchow and Hofmann in Germany.
Returned to Russia and lectured on forensic medical at Kiev University. From 1895 professor of forensic medical, Yur’yev University. After 1917 October Revol professor of forensic medical, Voronezh University and Voronezh Medical Institute.
Studied causes of death in the case of hanging. Described heart and skeletal muscle changes after phosphorus poisoning. Explained hemorrhaging of stomach’s mucous lining in people who freeze to death.
Traced mechanism of formation of hcmochromogen crystals 1910-1912 published some of most original Russian lectures on forensic medical.