Golovin

Golovin, Sergei Selivanovich (b. 1866), a prominent ophthalmologist. After graduating from Moscow University in 1889, he began his scientific activity in 1892 as an intern at the eye clinic of Moscow University; in 1895, after defending his dissertation ('Ophthalmotonometer Studies', Moscow, 1895), he was approved as a privat-docent at Moscow University in the department of ophthalmology and as an assistant at the eye clinic. In 1903-1911, he was a professor at Novorossiysk University, representing the right-wing professoriate; in 1911, under Kasso, he was appointed professor at Moscow University, and from 1911 to 1918 he was chief physician at the Moscow Eye Hospital. Since 1925, he has been an extraordinary professor and head of the eye polyclinic of the Clinical Hospital of 1st Moscow State University. To G. belong about 100 printed works of various types, many of which have been translated into foreign languages. Among the most important, it is necessary to note the monograph 'On Blindness in Russia' (Odessa, 1910); 'Surgical Treatment of Pulsating Exophthalmos' ('Surgery', vol. VI, 1899); 'Neurectomia optico-cili-aris in Absolute Glaucoma' ('Vestnik Oftalmologii', 1900, No. 6); 'Tumors of the Optic Nerve and Their Surgical Treatment' (ibid., 1904, No. 1, 1905, No. 5, 1906, No. 2); 'Inflammatory Intradural Tumors of the Optic Nerve and Their Surgical Treatment' (ibid., 1914, No. 4-5); 'Studies on Subvital Processes in the Isolated Eye' ('Russian Ophthalmological Journal', 1927, No. 7); the beginning of an extensive guide - 'Clinical Ophthalmology' (Vol. I, Parts 1-3, Moscow-Leningrad, 1923-25).