Kashkadamov
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Vasily Pavlovich Kashkadamov (born 1863) was a prominent hygienist and professor who specialized in epidemiology, experimental hygiene, and occupational hygiene. He conducted research on plague, cholera, and malaria, and authored significant works on water supply, sanitation, and urban air pollution.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
KASHKADAMOV Vasily Pavlovich (born in 1863), a prominent hygienist, professor. In 1897 he defended his dissertation: "Analysis of resting and working frog muscles" (St. Petersburg). He worked as an epidemiologist on plague (Astrakhan Province, Manchuria, etc.). From 1904 to 1918 he served as a sanitary physician (Petrograd), while simultaneously conducting scientific and pedagogical work. Since 1918 he has headed the laboratory for occupational hygiene at the Institute for the Study of the Brain. Kashkadamov's numerous scientific works relate to
epidemiology (plague, cholera, malaria), experimental hygiene and occupational hygiene. His special attention was drawn to the "Album of photographs of plague patients" (St. Petersburg, 1902). Kashkadamov also compiled a series of works on water supply, wastewater treatment, housing sanitation and air hygiene ("Smoke of cities, its harmful effects and the fight against it", Urban Affairs, 1912, Nos. 1-2). Kashkadamov's works on the methodology of physiological-hygienic study of work capacity and working conditions are well known: "Hygiene of Mental Labor" (Leningrad, 1929). Kashkadamov also compiled a number of popular brochures.
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“Kashkadamov.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/kashkadamov/