Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov — outstanding Russian ophthalmologist-pathologist
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Abstract
The article is devoted to the life and creative path of the outstanding Russian ophthalmologist-pathologist, scientist, educator, organizer and founder of the national histology and pathological anatomy of the organ of vision, Doctor of Medicine, Professor Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov, who was born in 1836 in Kursk and came from the bourgeoisie of the Tauride province. In 1859, he graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Imperial Moscow University. During his studies, he was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, which accompanied him throughout his life, despite the fact that he repeatedly traveled to France for treatment. From 1859 to 1867, A.V. Ivanov was fortunate to work in various laboratories of famous professors in Würzburg, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden, Vienna and Berlin, where he improved his knowledge in ophthalmology. Over these years of hard work, he became an excellent pathologist widely known in Europe. In 1867, at the St. Petersburg Medical and Surgical Academy, with the support of Professor E.A. Yunge, A.V. Ivanov successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Materials on the normal and pathological anatomy of the lens”. From 1869 to 1876, the scientist worked at the Department of Ophthalmology as an extraordinary and ordinary professor at the Kiev University of St. Vladimir and at the same time became the first head of the eye department at the Kiev Military University. Professor Ivanov’s scientific interests during his short but bright life focused mainly on the normal and pathological anatomy of the eye, and he made significant achievements in this area. In 1876, due to an exacerbation of the tuberculosis process in the lungs, the scientist went to France for treatment. A.V. Ivanov died on October 27, 1880 in Menton (France) at the age of 44 from pulmonary tuberculosis complicated by pulmonary hemorrhage. He was buried in the Russian Orthodox cemetery “Old Castle” in Menton.
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