Nikolai Velyaminov

Nikolai Alexandrovich Velyaminov (Russian: Николай Александрович Вельяминов) (February 27 (O.S. February 15), 1855, Saint Petersburg - April 9, 1920, Petrograd) was a Russian surgeon and public figure.

Nikolai Velyaminov graduated from Moscow State University's Department of Medicine in 1877. In 1894, he was employed as a professor at the Academy of Battlefield Medicine and later became its president (1910-1912). Nikolai Velyaminov was the first one in Russia to use light therapy and laid the foundation for the scientific development of this method. He was also one of the first ones to point out the role of endocrine glands in the emergence and development of surgical diseases. Nikolai Velyaminov described a new form of arthropathy (thyrotoxic polyarthritis) and developed a classification of diseases of the joints and thyroid gland. Velyaminov was also a pioneer in exploring occupational injuries. He was also engaged in examining the influence of ultraviolet rays on the course of lupus, epithelioma etc. In 1885, Nikolai Velyaminov began publishing the first Russian magazine for surgeons called The Surgeon's Herald (Хирургический вестник). He was the first one to open an ambulance station in Petersburg.

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This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978.