My acquaintance with the deceased embraces a rather long period of time, about 32 years. As a 16-year-old boy, I met N.M. in one family from Ufa, the homeland of the deceased, who lived with us on the same yard, on Novogorshechnaya Street, in Platunov's house, now owned by Fedorova. Our meetings in this family were quite frequent, and from the very first days of our acquaintance I was fascinated by the handsome face of the deceased, his simplicity of handling and fascinating stories about the pathological and anatomical autopsies produced by him.
Мое знакомство съ покойнымъ обнимаетъ довольно большой періодъ времени,—около 32 лѣтъ. Будучи 16 лѣтнимъ мальчикомъ я познакомился съ H. М. въ одномъ семействѣ изъ Уфы, родины покойнаго, жившимъ съ нами на одномъ дворѣ, на Новогоршечной ул. въ домѣ Платунова, нынѣ принадлежащимъ Федоровой. Наши встрѣчи въ этомъ семействѣ бывали довольно часты и съ первыхъ же дней знакомства я былъ очарованъ симпатичнымъ лицомъ покойнаго, его простотой въ обращеніи и увлекательными разсказами о производимыхъ имъ патолого-анатомическихъ вскрытіяхъ.