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About Nikolai Pirogov
Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the most widely recognized Russian physicians. Considered to be the founder of field surgery, he was the first surgeon to use anaesthesia in a field operation (1847) and one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesthetic. He is credited with the invention of various kinds of surgical operations and developing his own technique of using plaster casts to treat fractured bones.
Everything about Nikolai Pirogov →- Occupation
- physician, scientist, surgeon, anatomist
- Position held
- professor
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- November 13, 1810, 1810, November 25, 1810
- Died
- November 23, 1881, November 1881, December 5, 1881