Bibliography of theses of the Faculty of Medicine of Moscow University

Abstract

The right to elevate to the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Moscow University received in 1791. For 131 years, 861 dissertations passed through the Faculty of Medicine; on average, this amounts to more than 6 dissertations per year. Until 1859, dissertations were written exclusively in Latin. The first dissertation was in 1794 on the topic of respiration (De respiratione); it was defended by Barsuk-Moiseev, who later occupied the department of physiology in Moscow. university. In the above work, prof. Ternovsky gives a list of dissertations, by year in the order of their defense, from 1794 to 1922. At the end two indexes are attached: alphabetical and subject. The publication of a bibliography of medical dissertations at Moscow University should be welcomed. The author has done a painstaking but rewarding job.

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