Media Narratives in the Social History of Medicine: the Case Study of the 1949 Khabarovsk Trial

O.S. Nagornykh, N.P. Shok.
In the article, the authors explore media narratives of the tribunal held in December 1949 in Khabarovsk over Japanese doctors recognized as war criminals involved in the development and use of bacteriological weapons, as well as conducting medical experiments on humans that are incompatible with the norms of morality and ethics of medicine.

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Complementary development of natural philosophy and medicine in Ancient Greece (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)

N.P. Shok
Article is devoted to an actual issue of history of medicine – to the analysis of complementary development of natural philosophy and medicine in Ancient Greece on the example of the analysis of the natural philosophical views of great scientists of that period – Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.

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Медицина периода эллинизма, историческое значение работ К. Галена

D.A. Balalykin, N.P. Shok
Article is devoted to actual issue of history of medicine – criticism of a domestic historiography of scientific heritage of Galen. In article is in detail considered the unique role of Alexandria school and its largest representatives in development of medicine of the Hellenic period.

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