Background
RAZUMOVSKIY, Vasiliy was born in 1857.
RAZUMOVSKIY, Vasiliy was born in 1857.
1880 graduate Medical Faculty, Kazan’ University.
After graduate worked as intern, L.L.Levshin’s Surgical Clinic, Kazan’. Received specialist training from North.V.Sklifosovskiy, Reyer and South.P.Botkin in Moscow and Saint St. Petersburg. 1884 defended doctor’s thesis on bone atrophy after neurotomy.
1885-1886 dissector, 1886-1887 associate professor, from 1887 professor, Chair of Operative Surgery, Kazan’ University. 1891 transferred to Chair of Hospital Surgery Clinic, 1896 to Chair of Faculty Surgery Clinic. First Russian surgeon to perform operation for cortical epilepsy.
1908 devised operation for extirpation of Gasser’s nodes by section of posterior nerve-root. From 1909 founder-rector, Saratov University. 1912 dismissed from this post by Education Minister Kasso.
During World War 1 supervised medical care for wounded in Saratov. After 1917 February Revol surgeon, Caucasian Army, in which capacity he co-founded Tbilisi and Baku University. 1920 resumed clinical work in Saratov.
From 1930 devoted himself entirely to organisation and surgical work. Consultant, various health resort organisation in Mineral’nyye Vody. Devised tissue alcoholization method which he used first on nerve columns (instead of neurotomy) and the brain substance (instead of leucotomy), and then on other tissues and organs (for varicose veins, rectal prolapse, etc).
Also devised original techniques for organopexia, osteoplastic amputation of the foot, et cetera Trained numerous outstanding surgeons, including Bogolyubov, Opokin and Tikhov. Wrote some 150 works.
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