Vol 8, No 5-6 (1908)

Over the past two years, a significant number of works have appeared in the foreign, mainly German, medical press dedicated to the so-called complement binding method. Since this new serodiagnostic method is of great theoretical interest and has already given some practical results, it will not be superfluous to give a short essay about it.

First of all, I must make a reservation that the proposal, which I will have the honor to present now, does not come from me personally, but from a group of persons who are part of the corporation of junior teachers of the medical faculty of Kazan University; Deeply sympathizing with the proposed proposal, I am thus the spokesman for the decision adopted by the mentioned group, supplementing and illuminating it with a number of personal considerations. In December 1907, in this group, the question arose about the desirability of arranging courses for doctors in Kazan; One of the comrades, A.A. Opokin, in an extensive report on 7/11 1908 developed the details of the issue, and after the discussion of the report, it was decided to proceed with the implementation of the project, contacting the Society of Physicians for this.

First of all, I must apologize to dear comrades for allowing myself to stop your attention on my messages, which are, perhaps, too narrowly special interest. Of course, it would be most correct to read such reports in the tusnom circle of ophthalmologists. To create for such purposes our own ophthalmological circle, following the example of other Universities, was a dream that our late teacher Emilian Valentinovich and I cherished for a long time. Then it seemed easy to do. Now, according to the peculiarities of the time we are experiencing, it is preferable to wait. But material accumulates, life does not wait. Instilling full sympathy from both the former chairman of the Society, respected A.N. Kazem-Bek, and the new person of my comrade N.A. Gerken, I decided to invite the society to listen to a small message on so to speak topical, fashionable issues of ophthalmology. Those in the newest literature are questions about cyclodialysis at the commander-in-chief and the operation of hatching the eyeball. First, I would suggest listening to a report on cyclodialysis.

The objectives of the Society are: I) in the comprehensive development of scientific, scientific and practical, medical and sanitary and medical and household issues by the combined forces of Russian doctors; 2) in the implementation of the practice of government on the protection of people's health and in the promotion of their implementation by public and other organizations; 3) in improving the working and living conditions of doctors and in the organization of comradely mutual assistance.