Konstantin Shchepin – doctor of medicine, professor of anatomy, physiology and surgery (1728-1770) (to the 290th anniversary of birth)

Abstract

Konstantin Shchepin was doctor of medicine, professor of anatomy, physiology and surgery. He defended his work "About plant acid" and became a doctor of medicine in 1758. K. I. Shchepin in the rank of divisional doctor was sent to the front in 1760, where he served in the Bishofbergera field hospital during the Seven years’ war. In 1762, he was appointed to the Moscow hospital school being the first teacher of Russian origin. Konstantin Shchepin prepared in Russian by the two manuscripts "Anatomical lectures" (1763) and "On anatomy in general" (1764). K. A. Shchepin first introduced russian anatomical terms, compulsory study of the anatomy and training of operations on dead bodies, postmortem autopsy, the practice of students in the pharmacy, familiarity of students with mineral waters, practical classes with demonstration patients, repetition of material, optional evening reading. He taught anatomy, physiology, surgery, internal medicine, botany, pharmacology and pharmacy. His graduates operated hernia, blood vessels, skull, eyes, chest and abdomen and was removed from the bladder stones, etc. In 1766-1767, he visited Moldavia, Galicia, Wallachia, where he studied the plant world. In 1770, K. I. Shchepin went to Kiev to fight the plague, but he became the victim of this disease.