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Peter the Great and sexually transmitted diseases.
Clin Dermatol
January 2021
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland; Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, Poland. Electronic address:
Shortly after syphilis appeared in Europe at the time of Columbus' voyage to the New World, the big pox, as it was often known, became a serious issue in Russia for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Members of the Russian royal family were made aware of the disease from adolescence onward. Czar Peter the Great had many sexual contacts and could have contracted any number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that were quite common in his era.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrederik Ruysch (1638-1731): Historical perspective and contemporary analysis of his teratological legacy.
Am J Med Genet A
January 2017
Department of Anatomy, Embryology and Physiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) in Saint Petersburg is the oldest museum in Russia. It keeps the remains of the anatomical collection of the world-famous 17th century Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch. This unique collection was bought and shipped in 1717 by Czar Peter the Great, and presently still comprises more than 900 specimens, a modest number of which concerns specimens with congenital anomalies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistorical aspects of the study of malformations in The Netherlands.
Am J Med Genet
May 1998
Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The collection of malformed ("teratological") specimens of man and other mammals of Gerardus Vrolik (1775-1859) and his son Willem Vrolik (1801-1863), dating from the beginning of the 19th century, continues to function as a central part of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology in the Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam. Recently, many specimens in the collection were reexamined, using radiographic, CT scan, and MRI methods. In order to provide background information concerning Dutch teratological research and anatomical cabinets, some aspects of the history of Dutch morphology during the 17th-19th centuries are briefly described in this paper.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Russia-Halle interrelations in medicine of the 18th century. II. Halle medical delegations in Czar Peter's Russia and later].
Z Gesamte Inn Med
May 1988
Lehrstuhl für Geschichte der Medizin, Bereichs Medizin der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
In the 18th century for the purpose of amelioration of the medical care by the authorities responsible for the medicinal organization in Russia aimed methods of delegation were brought about. Requests of such kind were sent to the medical faculties of renowned universities. In such requests the University of Halle played a significant role.
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