Pirogov
In 1854-1855 during the war Pirogov went to the fields of battle twice and personally took part in arranging of medical care and operated the injured. He also initiated attracting women-voluntary nurses to taking care of the injured. Pirogov was the first who introduced such care in the Russian army. He founded the "Krestodvizhenskaya society of nurses" in October 1854 far before famous Florence Nightingale appeared in the fields of the battle.
Pirogov was the first who applied anesthesia during the surgery, which in fact was a bandage soaked in ether. He invented a plaster to immobilize the patients with fractures that had to be transported. Pirogov widely used iodine to cleanse wounds.
Pirogov was the first who suggested that the injured were sorted out that was the origin of medical and evacuation provision of the injured. This method enabled him to cope with chaotic flow of the injured to the field hospitals. He considered that at war administration was more important then medicine.
What made the name of Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov immortal was his method of "iced saw cuts" that he practiced to study the topography of internal. He fixed the anatomy with the surgery, which provided the progress of the future surgery.
He was an advocate of preventive medicine. His famous words were: "I believe in hygiene".
Pirogov was not only a talented surgeon, who managed to make 10 amputations for 2 hours on the filed hospitals during the war, but also a prominent scientist, whose works are world-known, professor, a great public figure and a patriot. He is Russian national pride and his name will be inscribed in the history of Russia for ever.
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