Sergey Petrovich Botkin is the founder of Russian therapeutic school

Abstract

The paper gives basic facts from the life and work of Sergey Petrovich Botkin, one of the coryphaei of Russian medicine, who played a prominent role in the formation and development of Russian clinical medicine and became the founder of the most well-known therapeutic school in Russia. S.P. Botkin's greatest merit is emphasized to be his neurogenic theory of medicine, which has played a great role in the understanding of physiological and pathological processes in the entire organism.

Keywords

• sergey petrovich botkin
• russian therapeutic school