Historical aspects of the development of the theory and practice of treating thermal injury in the soviet press of the 30s of the XX century

The OBJECTIVE was to replenish and systematize the ideas about the achievements of Soviet scientists in the field of combustiology based on the analysis of the publication array on the problem of «Thermal injury» for the period 1920-1930s.

METHODS AND MATERIALS. A structural and substantive analysis of the array of publications on the problem of treating thermal injuries, revealed as a result of attracting a wide range of bibliographic resources, such as catalogs of leading libraries, current and retrospective indexes, and databases, has been carried out. The inclusion of new sources of information in the research space made it possible to discover and for the first time to introduce into scientific circulation a large number of scientific works that require a new understanding of the achievements of domestic doctors in the field of treating burns during this period, differently prioritizing, assessing the personalization of the contribution of scientists and research teams. The bibliographic indexes of Russian traumatology for 1924-1940, catalogs of the largest universal and branch (medical) libraries of St. Petersburg and Moscow have been investigated.

RESULTS. We found out that in the period from 1924-1940, 579 works on various aspects of thermal injury were published on the pages of the Soviet medical press, including materials from the speeches of researchers at scientific conferences and meetings of medical societies in various cities of our country.

CONCLUSION. The obtained results made it possible to restore and clarify many undeservedly forgotten facts of the history of Russian combustiology.

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4. Gorinevskaya V. V., Samsonova Z. P. Burns and their treatment // Soviet medicine. 1935;(6):216-225. (In Russ.).

5. Gorban' A. I. 400 burn cases and experience in their treatment // New surgical archive. 1937;38(151-152):479-482. (In Russ.).

6. Kalmanovskii S. M. Principles for the rational treatment of thermal burns // Surgery. 1939;(1):63-72. (In Russ.).

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