ZUEV
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Alexander Zuev (1856-1924) was a naval physician who headed the fleet's sanitary service from 1908 to 1921. He made significant improvements to naval healthcare, including eliminating vodka rations on ships and developing preventive measures against venereal diseases.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
ZUEV, Alexander Yuvenevich (1856-1924), naval physician. In 1889 he defended his dissertation: 'On the influence of ligation of the thoracic duct on nitrogenous metamorphosis in dogs' (St. Petersburg, 1889). He headed the sanitary service of the fleet from 1908 to 1921. He improved the material resources of this service, achieved the abolition of vodka rations ('shots') on naval vessels, introduced measures to prevent the development of venereal diseases in the fleet, designed a shipboard steam sterilizer, and published an extensive sanitary report on the fleet for the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 (vols. 1-3, Kronstadt, 1915). In 1918, Z. was one of the first major military-sanitary workers to transfer to work in the Red Fleet. Z. carried out work on merging the sanitary service of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Fleet with the People's Commissariat of Health. He headed the venereological section of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR from 1918 to 1920.
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“ZUEV.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/zuev/