Military doctor, teacher, researcher (essay on M.S. Schwartz)

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to provide brief information about the professional career of associate professor Major of the medical service Moisei Solomonovich Schwartz, who made a significant contribution to experimental dentistry and periodontology with his research. Material and methods. The article is prepared on the basis of information provided in the Russian literature on dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, as well as taking into account the memories of dentists who personally knew M.S. Schwartz, namely Colonel of the medical service V.P. Zabelin and associate professor Colonel of the medical service V.V. Fiolkovsky. Results. The paper notes that the major of the medical service, associate professor M.S. Schwartz, conducted a series of studies devoted to the study of the functional properties of the vessels of the jaws, mainly the lower jaw. He was the first in dentistry to apply the Kravkov-Pisemsky technique, which allowed him to study the effect of biogenic amines on the vessels of an isolated jaw. A comparative study using this technique of the vessels of the ear and jaw of the dog allowed to establish the increased sensitivity of the latter to acetylcholine, histamine and adrenaline, and in 1936 he experimentally reproduced periodontal disease (alveolar pyorrhea) with the help of chronic irritation (ligation) of the inferior alveolar nerve in a dog. The participation of M.S. Schwartz in the Soviet-Finnish (winter) War of 1939-1940, as well as the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, was noted. Conclusions. M.S. Schwartz was a great scientist, a good doctor with sound manual skills, including providing surgical assistance to the maxillofacial wounded. He was a thoughtful researcher and a demanding teacher. His contribution to the development of experimental dentistry and periodontology is difficult to overestimate.