Vasily Stroganov

STROGANOV, Vasily Vasilyevich (born 1857), a prominent Russian professor of obstetrics. He graduated from the Military Medical Academy in 1882, then worked in Chernigov Governorate. In 1885, he became an assistant at the former Puerperal Institute (now the Central Research Obstetrical and Gynecological Institute of the People's Commissariat of Health) and remained there until 1889, when he moved to the Clinical Institute for the Advanced Training of Physicians, where he stayed until 1912; from 1896, he also began teaching at the former Puerperal Institute. In 1893, Stroganov received the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1896 the title of privatdozent at the Clinical Institute, in the same year the title of professor at the former Puerperal Institute, and in 1900 he was elected an honorary professor of the Clinical Institute. From 1893 to 1921, he also headed the Krassovsky Maternity Hospital, and at present he is a consultant in various obstetric institutions in Leningrad. He left teaching at the Clinical Institute in 1912, and at the Central Obstetrical and Gynecological Institute in 1926. Stroganov has written 120 scientific works on various branches of obstetrics, many of which are known abroad. A rather large part of his works is devoted to the treatment of eclampsia and the so-called method proposed by him, consisting mainly of the combined use of narcotics (see Eclampsia). This method gained fame outside the Union as well, but did not receive universal recognition. Among other works, it is necessary to mention Stroganov's dissertation on the bacteriological investigation of the female genital tract in various periods of her life, including materials on the question of the body's self-defense against pathogenic microbes from the side of the genital tract, works on the harm of general baths for women in labor, on early rising after childbirth, uterine ruptures, placenta previa, pubiotomy, the possible preservation of infant corpses in a sterile state, and others. The "Collection of Obstetrical Problems" by Stroganov, which has gone through 4 editions, is very famous. Recently, Stroganov's monograph on the most important complications of pregnancy and childbirth was published. Stroganov is a talented teacher and mentor to many hundreds of physicians and midwives. Stroganov has also devoted much time to social activities and public health issues related to the organization of obstetric care; Stroganov participated in many congresses—the former Pirogov, obstetrical and gynecological, and international ones—and was chairman of the international cancer conference in Brussels. Stroganov is a full and honorary member of many scientific societies in the Union, a member of the permanent board of the All-Union Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, and was repeatedly elected honorary chairman at congresses; in 1912 he was elected an honorary member of the Irish Medical Academy, in 1914 of the Belgian, and in 1925 of the Edinburgh Obstetrical and Gynecological Societies.

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