title: [The training of Zemstvo low-grade medical workers in Middle Volga Gubernia].
abstract: The article deals with the input of zemstvo self-management into establishment and development of secondary professional medical education in the Middle Volga region in second half of XIX-early XX centuries. The activities of zenmstvo is discussed concerning the organization and support of the infrastructure of feldsher schools, midwifes schools, the admission rules, the requirements to feldsher school graduates being the zemstvo scholarship grant holders. The activity of feldsher schools is reflected concerning the advanced training of low-grade medical workers.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ponomarev
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khlebodarov
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*