Alexander Yudimovich (Yudinovich) [1] Lurie ( September 30, 1897 - May 21, 1958 ) - Soviet obstetrician-gynecologist, professor (1932). Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1939), laureate of the Stalin Prize (1941) [2] .
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| Scientific field | obstetrics , gynecology | |||||
| Place of work | Sverdlovsk Medical Institute , Kiev Medical Institute | |||||
| Alma mater | Faculty of Medicine, Moscow University | |||||
| Academic degree | Doctor of Medical Sciences | |||||
| Academic rank | Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR Professor | |||||
| Known as | one of the leading domestic obstetricians of the mid XX century. | |||||
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Biography
Born September 30, 1897 in the town of Klimovichi, Mogilev province, in the family of pharmacist Yudim Afanasevich (Yudka Hononovich) Lurie [3] . In 1921 he graduated from the medical faculty of Moscow University. In 1930-1938, he worked as the supervisor of the Ural Institute for the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood; in addition, in 1933-1938 he was the first head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Sverdlovsk Medical Institute [4] . After that he moved to Kiev , from 1938 and until the end of his life he headed the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the Kiev Medical Institute . In 1949 he was appointed chief obstetrician-gynecologist of the Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR . He died in May 21, 1958, was buried at the Lukyanovsky cemetery in Kiev [5] .
Scientific activity
He dealt with problems of maternal mortality, labor pain relief, prevention and treatment of cancer of the female genital organs, and the organization of obstetric care. In 1930, he released the first original methodological manual on the work of women's clinics . On the initiative of Lurie from the second half of the 1930s in the USSR, during the process of childbirth, anesthesia began to be widely used [6] . In addition, on his initiative, mass preventive gynecological examinations were introduced throughout the country. He also analyzed the causes of maternal mortality and stillbirth and developed a chordotomy technique for advanced cases of uterine cancer. The author of over 100 scientific papers, including 5 monographs [2] .
Rewards
- Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1939).
- Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the USSR of the first degree (1941) "for well-known scientific work on the anesthesia of childbirth, introduced into the practice of obstetric institutions in 1937, 1938 and 1939" [1] .
- Honored Worker of Science of the Ukrainian SSR (1958).
He was awarded two Orders of Lenin , orders of the Red Banner of Labor , World War II degree and medals.
The name A. Yu. Lurie was assigned to the obstetric and gynecological clinic of the Kiev Medical Institute.
Bibliography
- Hygiene for Girls, Girls and Women, 4th ed. M. - L. , 1929;
- Consultation methods for women. M.-L., 1930;
- Anesthesia for childbirth. Sverdlovsk, 1936;
- Oncological prophylaxis during antenatal consultation. Kiev, 1948;
- Practical obstetrics edited by prof. A.P. Nikolaeva with the participation of S.M. Becker, J.D. Kirshenblat , M.F. Levy , A. Yu. Lurie. Kiev: Health, 1958.
- Selected Works. Kiev, 1960.
Literature
- In memory of the outstanding figure of the Soviet obstetric aid prof. Alexander Yudimovich Lurie // Obstetrics and Gynecology - 1958. - No. 5. - P. 125-126.
- Makarenko I. M., Polyakova I. M. Bibliographic dictionary of the heads of departments and professors of the Kiev Medical Institute (1841-1991). - Kiev, 1991 .-- S. 66.
- History of Mogilev Jewry: Documents and People: Popular Science. essays and biographies. In 2 kn. / Comp. A. Litin. - Minsk: Unipak, 2002. - Book 1. - 256 s .; 2006. - Book. 2, part 1. - 388 s .; Mogilev: AmeliaPrint, 2009. - Book. 2, part 2. - 396 s .; 2011. - Book. 2, part 3 - 516 s. (Book 2, part 1, p. 312)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR “On Awarding Stalin Prizes for Outstanding Works in the Field of Science” of March 13, 1941. // Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. 1941. No. 4. - S. 5
- ↑ 1 2 History of Mogilev Jewry: Documents and People: Popularly Popular Essays and Biographies. In 2 books / Compiled by A. Litin. - Prince 2, part 1., p. 312
- ↑ Famous Jewish doctors in Yekaterinburg: a biographical guide. Yuri Sorkin. Ed. Stern newspaper, 1997. - p. 68
- ↑ History of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology on the website of the Ural State Medical Academy
- ↑ Lurie on the site “Medical necropolis”
- ↑ Article “Obstetrics” // Great Soviet Encyclopedia. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia. 1969-1978