Open AccessI.V. Bertenson – a man who stood at the origin of preventive medicine, health care organizer and public figure (to the 125th anniversary of his death)
Author(s) -
Irene V. Yegorysheva,
A V Morozov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gigiena i sanitariâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-0650
pISSN - 0016-9900
DOI - 10.47470/0016-9900-2021-100-2-178-181
Subject(s) - public health , hygiene , medicine , family medicine , public figure , library science , classics , history , political science , law , nursing , politics , pathology , computer science
The article is devoted to I.V. Bertenson, the famous Russian hygienist and public figure, organizer of health care, a staunch follower of N.I. Pirogov. I.V. Bertenson made a significant contribution to the development of hospital hygiene in Russia. He combined the management of the first barrack hospital in Russia with the Petersburg provincial medical inspector’s post. A «School for the education of medical assistants» and a free clinic for visiting patients were also established on his initiative. I.V. Bertenson was one of the founders of the journal «Archive of forensic medicine and public hygiene» and the first editor of the «Bulletin of the Russian Red Cross Society.» In connection with the beginning of the cholera epidemic in the capital in 1866, Bertenson created one of the cholera shelters. A close friend, the first biographer editor of books N.I. Pirogov. Member of the international sanitary congresses and a member of many medical societies.