Flerov

Flerov Konstantin Fedorovich (1865-1928), outstanding infectious disease specialist. After graduating from the medical faculty of Moscow University in 1890, he was accepted as an intern in the therapeutic clinic headed by G. A. Zakharyin, and simultaneously studied bacteriology under Professor Babukhin. In 1892, he was sent abroad to the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he attended lectures of Metchnikoff and Rou and worked in the laboratories of Nicolle and Haffkine. Upon his return, he defended his dissertation on the topic 'On the pathogenic effect of Friedländer's and Fränkel's microorganisms' (Moscow, 1895). After completing his internship, he moved to work at the Old Yekaterininskaya (now Babukhin) Hospital, and then at the infectious Sokolnicheskaya (now Krasno-Sovetskaya named after S. P. Galitsky), where he went through all stages of medical positions from extern to deputy chief physician, holding this position until the day of his death. Concurrent with his hospital work, F. engaged in pedagogical and scientific research. In 1902, F. was elected privat-docent of Moscow University and was the first among Moscow physicians to read a course on infectious diseases. From 1918, he served as an extraordinary professor of the 1st MSU, and in 1923 was elected a full professor at the department of infectious diseases in the former Higher Medical School.

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The scientific activity of F. was expressed in a number of reports and over 50 printed works on various therapeutic and mainly infectious topics. Particular fame was acquired by his monograph on typhus fever, which came out in three editions and represents a work of high value due to its depth and solid treatment. F. took an active part in the activities of a number of scientific societies, being a member, and in the therapeutic society as deputy chairman. As an editor, he was a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals in the department of infectious diseases. Being a major scientist and excellent teacher, F. united around him his students and created a school of infectious disease specialists. At the same time, he was also a socially active physician. His experience and knowledge were widely applied in consultations in various commissions, in the organs of the People's Commissariat of Health on issues of combating epidemics and organizing infectious disease departments.