VISHNEVSKY Alexander

The 49 years of medical and scientific activities of AV. Vishnevsky 35 years given to Kazan. It was in Kazan, he has emerged as a physician and scientist, educator and social activist, here they were made by the major scientific discoveries that have brought him worldwide fame.

AV. Vishnevsky was born August 27, 1874 in the Dagestani village of Chir-Yurt. Secondary education he received in the Astrakhan school, and after graduation he entered the medical faculty of Kazan University. After graduating from the Medical Faculty, AV. Vishnevsky entered supernumerary intern in the surgical department of the city of Kazan Alexander Hospital. In 1902, the AV. Vishnevsky was appointed Acting Vice-Rector. From April 15, the young scientist was sent abroad, where, in addition to studying the anatomy, attended the clinic the best surgeons in Germany, Switzerland and France.

In autumn 1904 AV. Vishnevsky was elected Assistant Professor Department of topographic anatomy and operative surgery.

In 1921 AV. Vishnevsky proceeded to a careful development of local anesthesia. This method was initially greeted with cold, with distrust. But neither criticism nor the various obstacles could not stop the triumphal "procession" of local anesthesia, it has been tested in the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War, and fully justified.

In 1937, AV. Vishnevsky performed the world's first pneumonectomy under local anesthesia. Theoretical background resulted AV. Vishnevsky to the proposal and the development of novocaine blockades. They were created by 30 th year in Kazan, and have found wide application in surgical practice.

At the end of 1934 AV. Vishnevsky moved to Moscow. Surgeons of Moscow chose AV. Chairman Vishnevsky Surgical Society.