Background
GRUZDEV, Viktorin was born on February 6, 1866.
GRUZDEV, Viktorin was born on February 6, 1866.
1891 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Military Medical Academy.
After graduate, intern, Obstclrical and Gynecological Clinic, Saint St. Petersburg Military-Medical Academy. 1894 defended doctor’s thesis on ovarian sarcomas, after which he was sent abroad for further specialist training. From 1897 associate professor, Obstetrical and Gynecological Clinic, Saint St. Petersburg Military Medical Academy.
1900-1931 professor and head, from 1931 consultant, Chair of Obstetrics and Women's Diseases, Kazan' University, which he turned into a major research center. Did important research on the physiology of the female sexual organs and their innervation. Used x-ray therapy to treat malignant neoplasms of the womb.
Together with his pupils, made studies of ovarian and cervical sarcomas and primary and metastatic cancer of the female sexual organs. Also studied fistulas of the urogenital tract, for which he devised a classification and treatment. Did research on miscarriages.
Editor, Kazanskiy meditsinskiy zhurnaP, 1912 attended 6th International Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Berlin. 1926, 1928 and 1934 co-organizer and Honorary chairman, 7th, 8th and 9th All-Union Congresses of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 1923 organizer and chairman, 1st Sciences Congress of Volga Physicians.
Trained many outstanding Soviet obstetricians and gynecologists. WTote over 100 works, including one of best Russian manuals on obstetrics and gynecology. Also wrote studies of the history of these disciplines and translated five manuals into Russian;:.