Vladimir Bekhterev practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Vladimir Bekhterev as Russian neurologist.
Vladimir Bekhterev was born at Saralı in 1857. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Imperial Academy of Medical Surgery and S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Kazan Federal University and S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.
The recorded fields of work are psychiatry and neurology.
His principal contribution is Kollektivnaya refleksologiya. Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Order of St. Vladimir, Order of Saint Anna, 1st class and Order of Saint Stanislaus.
That the work was done from Russia matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Vladimir Bekhterev died in 1927, aged 70. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of St. Vladimir
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
- Order of Saint Stanislaus
- Notable work: Kollektivnaya refleksologiya
- Held posts at Kazan Federal University and S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
- Fields: psychiatry and neurology
