Nedrigailov

NEDRIGAILOV Viktor Ivanovich (1865-1923), an outstanding Russian bacteriologist. N. was one of the founders of the Bacteriological Institute of the Kharkov Medical Society. This institute soon became one of the most powerful in the production of serums and vaccines. With the funds obtained from these preparations, a model institute building was constructed, and then a Women's Medical Institute was created. N.'s scientific works relate almost exclusively to the field of immunology. N. elucidated the conditions of susceptibility and resistance of bee moth caterpillars to various pathogenic and saprophytic microbes (dissertation, Kharkov, 1907; also Kharkov Medical Journal, 1907, No. 9). He developed a method for diagnosing cholera using the complement fixation method with the feces of suspicious patients. Together with his colleagues, Nedrigailov developed a method for preparing a strong antitoxin serum against diphtheria (Russian Doctor, 1903, No. 18). He presented one of the possible explanations for the appearance of paralysis after Pasteurian vaccinations (ibid.). He also developed a new, now widely used, method of sensitizing the intestine through vaccination per os (together with Linnikova, Doctor's Newspaper, 1921).

N. was an excellent teacher and popularizer. His lectures, brochures, and literary works were very successful. During the war, N. worked on organizing a network of small laboratories and one large one in the center (Leningrad). N. left more than 60 scientific works.

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