Provision of the population of the Caucasian Mineral Waters with medical care in the 19th century

Abstract

In scientific research, the topic of the history of the provision of medical care to the local population of the Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW) has not been considered in a direct sense. Issues related to the organization of medical units at the resorts of the CMW in the interests of their visitors are known to history, as are the names and biographies of a number of doctors. Doctors of the Pyatigorsk district remained outside the scope of research. However, as it turned out, the CMW resorts were not included in their sphere of responsibility, nor were the villages of Cossack regiments, which had their own healers. Since 1847 each of the four resorts had its own doctor, and the military hospital in Pyatigorsk was also used in the interests of treating the local population. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, hospitals began to appear, created at the expense of charitable societies or individual patrons. By the end of the century, there were prerequisites for the creation of civilian hospitals under the auspices of the Directorate of Caucasian Mineral Waters.