Background
Evstafy was born in Mogilev Province, Mstislavsky Uyezd,Village Podolkovo in 1833. His father was a priest. Evstafy was a scientist and an academician in the field of medicine.
Evstafy was born in Mogilev Province, Mstislavsky Uyezd,Village Podolkovo in 1833. His father was a priest. Evstafy was a scientist and an academician in the field of medicine.
He entered the academy at public expense and graduated from it with the gold medal. He was involved in the surgical anatomy, at the same time he studied surgery practice as an assistant to professor Keeter.
In 1861 he maintained his thesis “On resection of the elbow joint”, and got the exceptional degrees of Doctor of Surgery and Doctor of Medical Science. He is also the author of several scientific works.
Evstafy was an excellent instructor, he taught his subject simply and clearly. He had plenty of pupils and assistants, who later became famous for their work in the domestic medicine field. When he decided whether to start an operation or not, he told his pupils to put themselves in the patient’s place and then decide.
He passed away in the operating room immediately after surgery, which was held under his leadership.
After defending his dissertation the young surgeon was sent abroad for the improvement, where he worked in the then known clinics in Germany and France.