Contribution of the professor A.A. Bobrova in clinical medicine (on the 170th anniversary of birth)

The main scientific and practical achievements of Professor A.A. Bobrov are presented. The life path of the scientist is analyzed. It is shown that during the Russian-Turkish war, he was at the front (1877), then on a scientific trip abroad. Since 1884 A.A. Bobrov-associate Professor, and since 1885- Professor of the Department of operative surgery and surgical anatomy of the Moscow University and at the same time (since 1884) consultant at the surgical Department of the Basmanny hospital. It is shown that since 1893 he headed the faculty surgical clinic of Moscow University, where he remained a Professor until the end of his life. The textbooks of A.A. Bobrov “Dislocations and fractures”, “Course of operative surgery and surgical anatomy”, which have passed several editions, are marked. One of the most important services of A.A. Bobrov to Russian surgery is the continuation and development of the ideas of the brilliant N.I. Pirogov in the field of surgical anatomy. Well-known methods of hernia and liver Echinococcus surgery according to A.A. Bobrov; he proposed a device for subcutaneous fluid injection, which bears his name. It is emphasized that A.A. Bobrov was a member of the Society of Russian doctors in memory of N.I. Pirogov, a member of the Moscow surgical society, one of the initiators and organizers of congresses of Russian surgeons. It is noted that at the initiative of Professor A.A. Bobrov, a sanatorium was established in the Crimea (Alupka), which currently bears his name, for the treatment of bone tuberculosis in children.