Fundamental work of N.I. Pirogov: anatomy of Asian cholera

Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov - eminent Russian physician. His research interests and achievements have included practical surgery, medical administration, anatomy and pathological anatomy. “Pathological Anatomy of Asian Cholera” - it is his most significant monograph devoted to the development of pathological issues. This book created on the basis of his own clinical and morphological experience gained during infectious epidemics in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Dorpat, etc. The creation of this document of the era actually became the starting point for the development of a new direction - the pathological anatomy of infectious diseases.