Chronicle of the Society of Neurologists and Psychiatrists at the Imperial Kazan University. Volume XV, № 2 (1908)

Prof. L. O. Darkshevich, opening the meeting, announced the death of an honorary member of the Society, Professor Ivan Pavlovich Merzheevsky, so famous for his scientific and pedagogical activities, and invited those present to honor his memory by standing up, which was done.Prof. VP Osipov said a few heartfelt words dedicated to the memory of prof. IP Merzheevsky, as a scientist, as the founder of an entire school of psychiatrists, and as a person. He died on March 5 in Paris, where he was at the anniversary of prof. Magnan'a, died unexpectedly, as he generally enjoyed good health. For all who knew him closely, he will remain in memory; thanks to his rare qualities, his responsiveness, he enjoyed the love of his students, was an authority in their eyes. His scientific activity gave him a big name, he was one of the first neuropathologists and psychiatrists who studied mental life on the basis of anatomical and physiological data.