Darkshevich

DARKSHEVICH, Livery Osipovich (1858-1925), prominent neuropathologist. After graduating in 1882 from the medical faculty of Moscow University, D. worked abroad until 1887 under the guidance of eminent scientists (Charcot, Vulpian, Piechsig, Meynert, Goltz, Munk and others). In 1888, he defended his dissertation ("On the conductor of light irritation from the retina to the oculomotor nerve", Moscow, 1887) for the degree of Doctor of Medicine and in the same year received a privat-docent position at the Department of Nervous Diseases in Moscow. In 1892, he was elected to the chair of nervous diseases in Kazan, where he remained until 1917. The clinic of Kazan University owes its prosperity and development entirely to Darkshevich. In 1913, D. received the title of Honored Professor. In 1917, he was elected to the chair of nervous diseases at 1st Moscow University, where he remained until his death. Darkshevich took an active part in the founding of the 3rd medical faculty in Moscow (Higher Medical School), of which he was the first rector; there he also taught a clinical course on nervous diseases. D. was one of the founders of the Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists at 1st Moscow University. To D. belongs the "Course of Nervous Diseases" (vols. I-III, Kazan, 1904-1914; vols. I and II, part 1 were republished, Moscow-Leningrad, 1923-25)-a work standing alongside the best foreign textbooks. In addition, D. has about 70 works devoted to various questions of neuropathology (anatomy, physiology, clinic and therapy), as well as social issues.