MYSHE

Surgery, Neurology, Biographies

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

This article profiles Vladimir Mikhailovich Myshe (born 1873), a prominent Soviet surgeon who made significant contributions to neurosurgery, urology, and general surgery. He established a surgical school in Siberia that produced many notable surgeons.

Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)

MYSHE Vladimir Mikhailovich (born in 1873), known surgeon. After graduating from the Military Medical Academy in 1895, he was retained by competition at the clinic of N. A. Veliaminov to prepare for the professorial degree. In his dissertation "Herniae vaginales inguinales in childhood" (St. Petersburg). In 1901, he passed the competition for the chair of general surgery at Tomsk University. In 1909, he moved to the chair of faculty surgical clinic of the same university, which he holds to this day. Since 1928, he has simultaneously headed the department of surgery at the Tomsk Institute for Advanced Medical Studies. Myshe has written more than 70 works, in which the most interesting questions of modern surgery are addressed. Of particular note are Myshe's works on surgery of the central nervous system ("Puncture of the corpus callosum as a decompression operation", New Surgical Archive, vol. V, book 2, no. 18, 1924; "The Horsley operation in the treatment of cortical varieties of epilepsy and athetosis", Herald of Surgery, 1927, book 24, and others). Diseases of the digestive tract received much attention from Myshe and his students. In addition to the dissertations and monographs of his students on this subject, Myshe personally spoke at congresses and in the press on the issue of diseases of the stomach and appendix. Diseases of bones attract Myshe's attention, but special interest is shown by Myshe and his clinic in diseases of the urinary apparatus. In 1916, Myshe published the article "Chronic painful nephritis without changes in urine and with such" (Medical Review, nos. 1-2), the first work in the Russian language on this issue. In addition to this, Myshe spoke in the press and at congresses on a number of urological issues. In 1926, he published "Clinical Lectures on Urology" (Tomsk), provided with an index of Russian urological literature for 1900-25. At the XX All-Union Congress of Surgeons, Myshe spoke as a reporter on the program issue of ureterohydronephrosis. Occupying a leading position in Siberia as a surgeon and teacher, Myshe created a school from which came a whole series of students occupying responsible positions as practical surgeons and independent departments in medical universities (Mu-khadze in Tiflis, V. S. Levit in Moscow and others).

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“MYSHE.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/myshe/