Open AccessThe roots of international dermatology
Author(s) -
А. А. Кубанова,
А. В. Самцов,
D V Zaslavskiy,
А. А. Кубанова,
А. В. Самцов,
Denis V. Zaslavsky
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
vestnik dermatologii i venerologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6294
pISSN - 0042-4609
DOI - 10.25208/vdv1049
Subject(s) - saint petersburg , venereology , state (computer science) , political science , saint , diplomacy , medicine , library science , economic history , law , sociology , history , art history , dermatology , russian federation , politics , algorithm , regional science , computer science
This article gives historical overview of the development of international and European dermatovenereological societies.The first European Dermatological Society and the first world Venereological Society open in Russia. Taking intoconsideration the fact that it was the first officially registered national dermatological society whereas Municipal Societyof New York and American National Society were not registered by state authorities, the Russian Society is regardedhere as the first world official dermatological society. This article reviews the proffesional development of Prof BenjaminMikhialovitch Tarnowsky (1837-1906) the most significant dermatovenerologist, influenced the development of worldand Russian dermatovenerology, worked in the first world hospital specifically devoted to venereology, KalinkinskayaHospital ( founded in 1750, Saint Petersburg).Depicts XII International Congress, held in Moscow in August 7-14th, 1897, where the dermotology section wasrepresented by internationally recognized scientists. Among speakers Kaposi (Wien), Hallopeau (Paris), Gaucher (Paris),Barthelemy(Paris), Wolf (Strassburg), Rosenthal (Berlin), Nikolsky (Kiev), Lindstrem (Kiev), Jullien (Paris), Poper-Mor (Budapest), Schwimmer (Budapest), Pospelov (Moscow), Tarnowsky( Saint Petersburg); such sientists as Unna,Campana, Lassar, Soffiantini, van Hoorn, Vatrashevsky, Yakovlev, Sack participated in the discussion.