Ludwig Andreevich Bekkers (1832–1862) - Russian physician , surgeon and teacher , professor at the Medical-Surgical Academy of the Department of Surgical Clinic, doctor of medicine .
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Biography
Ludwig Bekkers was born in 1832 in Moscow . Beckers received his initial education at the Ennes Moscow Private Pension , then enrolled as a student at the Moscow Medical-Surgical Academy , from where he transferred to the medical faculty of the Imperial Moscow University , where he graduated from the course in 1854 with the right to the degree of doctor of medicine to defend his thesis . As a student, Bekkers dealt primarily with anatomy and, among his comrades, enjoyed the glory of an excellent preparator ; the professors looked at him as a future surgeon [1] [2] .
Upon graduation, Bekkers entered the military medical service, in the 2nd St. Petersburg Army Hospital, and here attracted the attention of Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov , who took him with him, in 1854, to the city of Sevastopol , which kept the defense in progress Crimean War . During the six-month stay in Sevastopol, Beckers performed up to 400 large operations [3] [2] .
In 1855, on his return to St. Petersburg , Ludwig Andreevich Bekkers was seconded to the Oranienbaum Military Hospital ; in August of the same year, by the Highest will, accompanied N. I. Pirogov during the latter’s second mission to the Crimea , where he stayed until January 1856 [2] .
After spending a short time in St. Petersburg, he again went to the Crimea as a member of the Alexander Committee about the wounded , chaired by Prince V. A. Dolgorukov . Upon the closure of the committee, he was invited by Prince V.I. Vasilchikov to the commission of inquiry to disclose the abuse of hospital officials during the Crimean campaign [2] .
At the end of the investigation, in 1857, L. A. Bekkers, at the expense of Her Majesty, was sent for a three-year scientific trip abroad; on his return, he defended his thesis for the degree of doctor of medicine on the topic: " Forced straightening of ankilosis of the knee ", and was appointed adjunct professor at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy ; after the death of Professor I. V. Rklitsky , the management of the surgical clinic of the Academy was transferred to Dr. Bekkers [2] [4] .
On March 17, 1862, Ludwig Andreevich Bekkers committed suicide , poisoned by synergistic potassium [2] .
In the Russian Biographical Dictionary of Polovtsev about the suicide of Beckers the following lines were written:
Becker’s death caused a lot of talk. They exhibited various reasons, which boiled down to pride and other petty promptings. But, according to Becker’s comrades, professors I. Sechenov, S. Botkin and P. Khlebnikov, “none of these minor reasons could compel Beckers to forget the duties that his talent imposed on him before the academy and society.” As for the true cause of his death, it remained unexplained, since “in the life of a private person there are often events that after death remain the property of only his relatives” [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Dictionary Gennadi.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bekkers, Lyudvig Andreevich // Russian biographical dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
- ↑ Andrew’s Dictionary.
- ↑ Bekkers, Ludwig Andreevich // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- “Medical Herald” 1862, № 14.
- "Critical and biographical dictionary" S. A. Vengerova .