The scientist and physician Nikolai Pirogov made so many scientific discoveries in the field of medicine that many of them are still used in one form or another, and not only in Russia, but throughout the world. And in other countries, the name of Pirogov means a lot to every physician, because science has no boundaries, and this brilliant man has saved an innumerable number of people in his past, present and future with his works.
He had many brothers and sisters. He himself was born the thirteenth child of his parents. Education in a private pension Nikolai Pirogov had to be interrupted, because of financial difficulties his father could not continue to pay for his education. Amazingly quickly assimilating knowledge, Pirogov received a doctor’s degree at 22, and a professor at 26 years old. At that time, anesthesia was not yet invented, so the speed of the operation was crucial for patients. Nikolai Pirogov quickly became famous as a surgeon who works not only well, but also quickly. So, once he removed the stones from the patient’s bladder in just 1.5 minutes.
During the life of Nikolai Pirogov made many important inventions. In particular, it was he who invented the plaster cast. The scientist was a friend of the famous poet Vasily Zhukovsky, thus, which contributed to the abolition of serfdom. Thanks to the invention of innovative methods of work, N. Pirogov’s especially difficult patients survived more often than other doctors. The doctor himself actively disseminated new knowledge among medical workers. It was Pirogov who invented the topographic anatomy, we will significantly replenish the surgeons’ knowledge base about the human body. As a field surgeon, he visited four wars, where he saved more than one thousand lives. Moreover, he always went to the front voluntarily in order to personally test for the wounded new wound healing methods developed by him.
In 1847, Nikolai Pirogov became the first surgeon in the world who applied ether anesthesia during surgery. Before giving it to patients, he experienced its effect on himself, not wanting to risk someone else’s life. Throughout his life, Pirogov smoked a lot. For his work as a field surgeon, Nikolai Pirogov was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav. The death of his wife, who died in childbirth, so crippled the scientist that he could not operate for six months after that because of the strongest stress. He tried to operate on her and save her, but he failed.
Once Pirogov for a month and a half spent more than 800 autopsies tel. It was he who, for the first time in history, applied an artificial compound to lengthen a too short limb. His first wife Pirogov actively taught medicine, forcing her to sit on textbooks for many hours every day. One of Pirogov’s hobbies was growing flowers.
Pirogov, twice married, had two sons, but both were born in the first marriage. One of them became a physicist, and the other a historian-archaeologist. Within 4 hours after death, the body of Nikolai Pirogov was embalmed. It is still stored, and the procedure of re-embalming is carried out on average once every 5-6 years. A little-known fact: Nikolai Pirogov wrote wonderful poems, and in general was a talented poet.
