Sergei Petrovich Botkin

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Sergei Petrovich Botkin

Sergey Botkin ( Russian Сергей Петрович Боткин ; September 5 * . Jul / 17th September  1832 greg. In Moscow , † December 12 jul. / 24. December  1889 greg. In Menton ) was a Russian doctor, a pioneer in the Field of medical practice and training in Russia . He introduced triage , pathological anatomy and post mortem diagnosis in Russia.

After graduating from Lomonosov University in Moscow , he was Nikolai Pirogov's medical assistant in the Crimean War in 1855 . In 1861 he became a professor at the Medical and Surgical Academy , where Pavlov later became his assistant. In the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 he was at the front in the Balkans for about seven months.

He was the personal physician of Tsar Alexander II and Alexander III. His son Yevgeny Botkin , personal physician of Tsar Nicholas II , was killed together with the Tsar's family in Yekaterinburg in 1918 .

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