Nil Fedorovich Filatov

(1947-1902 gg.) - An outstanding domestic pediatrician, one of the founders of pediatrics in Russia. In 1869, after graduating from medical faculty of Moscow University, worked as a country doctor in the Penza province. V1872-1874 .- trained abroad, since 1874 - worked as an intern in the Moscow Sofia Children's Hospital. Protection in 1876, Mr.. doctoral thesis "On the question of the relation to acute bronchitis, catarrhal pneumonia, assistant professor, and since 1891. the end of life, - professor of obstetrics, women's and children's diseases and director of the Children's Hospital of the Moscow universtiteta. N. F. Filatov developed a clinical-physiological direction in pediatrics, has created a large school of domestic pediatricians. Organizer and Chairman of the Society of Pediatricians in Moscow. Author of over 70 scientific papers, among them: "Lectures on acute infectious diseases" (Moscow, 1885, 4 editions), "Semiotics and diagnosis of childhood illnesses" (Moscow, 1890, 9 books, translated into German, French, Italian, etc.. languages), "A brief tutorial of Childhood Illness" (Moscow, 1893, 12 editions), "Clinical Lectures" (Moscow, 1900).