Методологическая разработка по английскому языку по теме «An outstanding therapist»

МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ РАЗРАБОТКА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ

ПО ТЕМЕ «AN OUTSTANDING THERAPIST»

Warm-up

·         Do you know Botkin Hospital in Saint Petersburg?

·         What is its specialization?

·         Who is it named after?

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Sergey Petrovich Botkin (5 September 1832 – 12 December 1889) was a famous Russian clinician, therapist, and activist, one of the founders of modern Russian medical science and education. He introduced triage, pathological anatomy, and post mortem diagnostics into Russian medical practice.

Botkin was born on 5 September 1832, in Moscow to a merchant family. He got his primary education at home and then in the private school. In 1850 – 1855 Botkin studied at the Medical Department of the Moscow University with honor and received a Doctor of Medicine degree.

In 1855 Botkin went to the Crimea where the Crimean War was in full swing to serve as military surgeon. There Botkin worked under the guidance of Nikolai Pirogov.

In 1856 he went abroad, seeking to improve his skills and was able to gain valuable professional experience working at some of the most prestigious institutions on the continent. Upon his return to Russia, Botkin was invited to work with professor Shipulinsky in the Academy of Medicine and Surgery, and the following year Botkin took Shipulinsky’s position at the age of 29.

In 1860–1861, Sergey Botkin opened a clinical and research laboratory and in the course of his research organized systematic studies in clinical pharmacology and experimental therapy, both novelties in Russian research at the time. He was the first to suggest that catarrhal jaundice (hepatitis) was caused by an infection. In early 1860s, Botkin was assigned as an advising member of the medical board of the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1873 he was also made Head Surgeon to the Emperor, having been among the court physicians for both Tsar Alexander II and Tsar Alexander III. Furthermore, the same year he was elected president of the Medical Association of St. Petersburg. In 1886, Botkin headed the National Public Health Commission, created to investigate the unusually high mortality rates prevalent in Russia, both in times of peace and war. Botkin Hospital is named after him.

Sergey Petrovich Botkin died on 12 December 1889, in Menton, France, from liver disease, which was complicated by a heart ailment.

Professor Batuev wrote about Botkin that this great scientist and physician in power, justice and simplicity was a real Russian hero.

Answer the questions:

1.       Who was Sergey Botkin?

2.       What is his input into medicine?

3.       Where did he study?

4.       Who guided Botkin when he worked as a military surgeon in 1855?

5.       Why did he go abroad in 1856?

6.       What did he study in 1860-1861?

7.       Did he open a clinical and research laboratory?

8.       What did he suggest regarding to hepatitis?

9.       What was the reason of his death?

10.   What did professor Batuev write about Botkin?

Follow-up: Tell about Botkin’s scientific research.