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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vishnevskiy (Russian: Александр Александрович Вишневский, May 24 O.S. May 11] 1906, Kazan—December 19, 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet surgeon, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1953), honoured worker of science of RSFSR (1956), Colonel General of Medical Corps (1963) and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1966). Vishnevskiy first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia (1953).
A son of Aleksandr Vasilyevich Vishnevskiy, he elaborated the new methods regarding the gunshot wounds treatment on the Eastern Front of World War II. Later Vishnevskiy was awarded several Soviet and foreign awards and prizes.
Works
- Selected works on surgery and adjacent branches, vol. 1-2 (Избранные работы по хирургии и пограничным областям. Т. 1—2. М., 1970)
- Surgeon's Diary. The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, 2nd ed. (Дневник хирурга. Великая Отечественная война 1941 — 1945 гг. Изд. 2-е. М., 1970)
References
- Советская военная энциклопедия, том 2
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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