Vol 8, No 1-2 (1908)

The task of our science of medicine, to put it briefly, is to heal the suffering man; but this simple and briefly expressed task is extremely difficult, extremely responsible, and the possibility of its fulfillment is achievable only with the satisfaction of certain well-known requirements. Among these requirements, it is necessary to mention the desire to establish an understanding of the average normal human organism, a clear idea of ​​normal individual deviations, the study of conditions that are conducive not only to the preservation, but also to the prosperity of these two types of life in the study of the wide sense of the causes of this organism; hence the need to establish an understanding of "diseases", their types, signs, reasons in each individual case ...

Case VІ. Patient O. A., 45 years old, a peasant. Admitted to the clinic on October 10, 1906 with complaints of edema of the face, abdomen, extremities, penis and scroti, significant shortness of breath when walking even on an even place, frequent headaches and a feeling of general weakness. Considers himself sick since September 15, 1906: first, after drinking cold water, a sore throat (probably Angina); after 3-4 days the pain disappeared, but the face and legs began to swell up to the knees, and then the swelling of the arms and abdomen appeared. Of the illnesses suffered earlier, it indicates gonorrhoeam, a "fever" that has been a few times, but not for long. At the time, the patient had “scrofula” (a white cicatricial spot on the skin of the abdomen in the mesogastrii dextri area is still present). I consumed alcoholic beverages in quite significant quantities. There are no clear indications on Lues. The patient is of average height, correct body build and satisfactory nutrition. The musculoskeletal system and the layer of subcutaneous adipose tissue are sufficiently developed. The color of the skin and visible mucous membranes is rather pale. There are significant ascites and anasarca (fluctuatio vera pronounced clearly). The upper boundaries of both lungs are normal. The lower ones are moved one intercostal space up. The right border of the superficial dullness of the heart is the right edge of the sterni; upper — lower edge of the third rib, pushing of the heart apex — in the Ѵ-m intercostal space (left side of the chest wall), 2 ctm. outwards from Linea mamil. sinistra. The pulse is low, low filling, normal frequency, correct.

It was chaired by prof. A.N. Kazem-Bek, under the secretary of Dr. A. V. Kavorskom. There were proff. Ge, Arkhangelskiy, Lyubimov, Gerken, Dr. Nebolyubov, Kazanskiy, Kupidonov, Gimmel, Rozhdestvenskiy, Burgsdorf, Kalyapin, Nadel-Pruzhanskaya, Valitskiy, Ilgovskiy, Pan, Desyatov, Chalusov, Kuznevskiy.

It was chaired by prof. Kazem-Bek and under the secretary of Dr. Favorsky.
Present were Nebolyubov, Razumovskiy, Kazanskiy, Idelson. Agafonov, Ilgovskiy, Pan Shibkov, Sokolov, Nadel-Pruzhanskaya, Tsypkin, Opokin, Gimmel, Zakharyevskiy, Kuznetsov, Desyatov, Zabolotnov, Nikolskiy.

It was chaired by prof. A. N. Kazem-Bek, under the secretary of Dr. Favorsky.
Present: —Idelson, Kazanskiy, Ilgovskiy, Gimmel, Ostrovskiy, Kuznetsov, Desyatov, Vendrikh, Vinogradov, Lyubenetskiy, Pechnikov, Tsypkin, Zuev, Luriya, Zabolotnov, Arnoldov Troitsky, Chalusov, Goryaev.

The expired 1907 was the 38th year of the existence of the Society of Physicians at the Imperial Kazan University. During this year, the Society consisted of 113 members, of which 110 were valid and 3 honorary. The activities of the Society in the past year were expressed in devices of 9 appointments, of which the first-year was dedicated to the commemoration of the memory of N.I. Pirogov. At this meeting, the student of N.I. Pirogov, prof. IM Dogel made a speech: "A word on November 23rd day." Dr. B.P. Enokhin made a speech on the topic: "Pirogov, as the founder of the modern conservative method of treating firearms". A separate meeting was dedicated to the honoring of the Honorary member and active employee of the Society, prof. N. M. Lyubimov. The celebration was accompanied by the utterance of words by the closest students and friends of prof. Lyubimova. So priv. Assoc. II. P. Zabolotnov outlined the personality of prof. Lyubimov as a scientist and professor. Dr. M. V. Kazanskiy gave a description of H. M. Lyubimov as a member of the Kazan Society of Physicians in connection with the history of the Society. Mr. IV Teregulov read: "A friend's memory of Nikolay Matvevich Lyubimov". Dr. Ilgovskiy spoke about H. M. as a teacher and a president of the Society; prof. Kazem-Bek, brought his memories of H.M., as a professor of pathological anatomy.