125 years of the Department of Pathological Anatomy at Kazan Medical Institute

According to the June 18, 1863 University Charter, the fourth department of pathological anatomy in Russia (after Moscow, St.Petersburg and Derpt) was created at the Kazan University Medical Faculty. On October 21, 1863 A.V. Petrov (1837-1885) was appointed the first senior lecturer of the Department of Pathiatomy, who left his mark not only as an organizer of educational process, but also as a scientist and public figure. His studies on typhoid fever and uremia are classic. His experimental work, which showed the contagiousness of tuberculosis, anticipated the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by R. Koch. He gave much strength and energy to the Kazan Society of Physicians, of which he was the chairman for many years.