cholera

The article is devoted to the history of formation of medical microbiology in Tsarist Russia. Since 1885 the first enthusiasts of «germ theory» in Russia with supporting of science patrons began to develop it in Odessa and St. Petersburg. The particular international type of scientific culture, which was embodied in the activity of bacteriological laboratories, is formed, but it had the local peculiarities. The microorganisms’ investigations in Russia at the end of 1880s were far from the interests of physicians.

The article is devoted to the early history of formation of Russian health care, which is related with to the efforts of tsarist government to develop the measures of defense of empire against epidemics. Taking of cholera regulations in 1903 gave occasion for straining of relations between the government and the liberal medical community, which has realized the extraneousness of tsarist policy to their professional interests.