Alexey Gavrilovich Molotkov (To the 150th anniversary of his birth)
https://doi.org/10.56618/2071-2693_2023_15_4_10
Abstract
Alexey Gavrilovich Molotkov (1874–1950) was a Russian and Soviet scientist, neurosurgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor, organizer and first director of the Leningrad Research Institute of Surgical Neuropathology (1926–1929), participant (doctor) of the First World War (1914–1918) and the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945), Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1947). He is the author of 57 scientific papers, including 3 monographs devoted to the study of the role of the nervous system of trophic disorders, as well as the clinic and surgical treatment of nerve damage, studied the pathogenesis and results of treatment of spontaneous gangrene. He is the author and developer of a two-moment operation for a brain abscess. He proposed an original method of crossing the skin nerves for the treatment of various neurodystrophic disorders. He studied the role of skin nerves in the genesis of causalgia, phantom and scar pain. Scientific works of A.G. Molotkov became the basis for further study of injuries and diseases of the peripheral nervous system.
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To clarify the autobiographical data of A.G. Molotkov according to archival and published sources.
About the Author
V. G. VoronovRussian Federation
Viktor G. Voronov.
Mayakovsky str., 12, St. Petersburg, 191014
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For citations:
Voronov V.G. Alexey Gavrilovich Molotkov (To the 150th anniversary of his birth). Russian Neurosurgical Journal named after Professor A. L. Polenov. 2023;15(4):10-21. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.56618/2071-2693_2023_15_4_10