IN THE CRADLE OF RUSSIAN PEDIATRICS (X — EARLY XVIII CENTURIES)
Abstract
The article outlines data on traditional folk «pediatrics» in Russia, covering attitude to children, ways of taking care for a child, means of treatment and prophylaxis of children's diseases. The article reviews the protosourses, investigating the treatment manuscripts kept in the national library of St. Peterburg: the treatment manuscript of the end of XVII century from the collection of Titov, the treatment manuscript of 1656, the grand home apotheque of Gurchin Daniil (1708); The Fresh Vertograd of the end of XVII — the beginning of XVIII centuries and others.
Key words: children, history of medicine.
About the Authors
G.L. MikirtichanRussian Federation
R.V. Suvorova
Russian Federation
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For citations:
Mikirtichan G., Suvorova R. IN THE CRADLE OF RUSSIAN PEDIATRICS (X — EARLY XVIII CENTURIES). Current Pediatrics. 2006;5(3):97-100.
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