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MOLCHANOV, Vasiliy was born on December 31, 1868 in village Iroshnikovo, Vladimir Province.
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Vasiliy Ivanovich MOLCHANOV
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Vasiliy MOLCHANOV, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Pediatrician and infectionist. Doctor of Medical from 1909; professor; Honorary Sciences Worker of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1935. Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner of Labor; medals. member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Medical Sciences from 1945.
Education
1894 graduate Medical Faculty, Moscow University.
Career
1896—1903 intern, 1904-1923 head, Infection Ward, North. F. Filatov’s Children’s Clinic, Moscow University. Befor 1917 October Revol made several trips abroad and worked at clinics in Austria, Germany and France. 1923-1950 head, 1950-1959 consultant, Chair of Children’s Diseases, 1st Moscow University (1st Moscow Medical Institute).
Did research on the effect of scarlet fever and other acute infections of the vegetative nervous system. Established the genetic link between scarlet fever, rheumatism and endocarditis. Described endocrine diseases in children.
Devised endocrinopathie classification which found recognition both in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and abroad. From 1936 chairman, Committee for the Study of Infantile Rheumatism. Delivered proof of the infection-allergy theory of the origin of rheumatism and made an extensive study of early forms.
Editor, journal “Pediatriya”. Company-ed, “Tsentral’nyy meditsinskiy zhurnal". Company-ed, “Bol’shaya meditsinskaya entsiklopediya” (Large Medical Encyclopedia) (1st and 2nd ed).
Member, various medical society Trained numerous pediatricians. Wrote over 100 works.
Religion
Religious moral codes pervert people outside their group as less moral. Thus, religion is socially divisive and its effect is harmful for society.
Views
Every person has rights to express his or her opinion, but the opinion could be expressed if it was in accordance with the general interests of Soviet society.
Membership
Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Medical Sciences from 1945.
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Died
1959 (aged 90)