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Inspecting Hospitals in the Russian Empire: Dr. John Harry’s Account, 1805–1806

Author(s) -

Sergey Lobachev

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

canadian journal of health history

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2371-0179

pISSN - 0823-2105

DOI - 10.3138/cbmh.30.2.185

Subject(s) - reign , empire , administration (probate law) , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , political science , public administration , economic history , medicine , history , law , politics , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science

This paper examines the efforts of the Russian government to modernize medical administration and hospital services during the reign of Alexander I (1801-1825). Based on the report of the English doctor John Harry, it reviews the state of medical care in Russia and initiatives to improve clinical treatment. Based on these sources, it is argued that hospitals in Russia, as elsewhere in Europe, were undergoing a transition from being homes of refuge to institutions for the treatment of the sick. Their conditions were largely dependent on proper governance, as well as funding. Attempts by the Russian authorities to address issues of public health correlated with similar developments in Western Europe at the time.

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