Marine doctor privat-doctor Petr Fedorovich Fedorov: services, contribution to medicine and assessment of its activities by our contemporaries

Abstract

Introduction. Currently, the role of the Military Medical Academy is named after S. M. Kirov in the development of the world and domestic medical science, as well as in the creation of scientific medical schools. Despite the fact that the Department of Dentistry at the Military Medical Academy was formed in 1929, the influence of the Academy on the development of domestic dentistry can be traced throughout the entire period of its existence. However, not all historical moments of the formation and development of military dentistry are known to a wide range of specialists.The purpose of the study was to highlight the merits of the marine doctor, doctor of medicine, privat-docent P. F. Fedorov, pointing out his role in the formation and development of dentistry in our country.Material and methods. Based on the analysis of domestic literature, as well as the life, professional activities, and scientific works of the doctor of medicine, privat-docent P. F. Fedorov, his role in the formation and development of dentistry in Russia is presented.Results and discussion. The main milestones in the life, professional medical, and pedagogical activities of the marine doctor P. F. Fedorov from the moment he entered the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy (1876) until his appointment to the active fleet in connection with the outbreak of the First World War (1914). Particular attention is paid to the activities of P. F. Fedorov as a private assistant professor for dental diseases of the Imperial Military Medical Academy, where he headed the course on dental diseases for 22 years. It is noted that the assistant professor of dental diseases at the Imperial Military Medical Academy was a kind of prototype for the future department of maxillofacial surgery and stomatology of the Military Medical Academy. Conclusion. Marine doctor privat-docent P. F. Fedorov was one of the founders of a new specialty — dentistry (military and practical), as he stood at its origins.