Bardakh
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Yakov Yulievich Bardakh was a Russian microbiologist born in 1857 in Odessa. He was a pioneer in microbiology education in Russia and made significant contributions to the study of rabies, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and immunology.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Bardakh, Yakov Yulievich, was born in 1857 in the city of Odessa. After graduating from the natural sciences division of the physics-mathematics faculty of Novorossiysk University in 1880, he entered the Military Medical Academy, which he graduated from in 1883. He participated together with Mechnikov and Gamaleya in the organization of the first post-Parisian Pasteur station for anti-rabies vaccinations, which was established in Odessa in 1886 and was subsequently transformed into the Mechnikov Bacteriological Institute. In 1895, he was the first in Russia to create an independent associate professorship at Novorossiysk University, subsequently the department of general microbiology, which he still holds. Bardakh published a number of works on rabies, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid and relapsing fever, immunity, etc.
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“Bardakh.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/bardakh/