title: [Sergey Petrovich Botkin is the founder of Russian therapeutic school].
abstract: The paper gives basic facts from the life and work of Sergey Petrovich Botkin, one of the coryphaei of Russian medicine, who played a prominent role in the formation and development of Russian clinical medicine and became the founder of the most well-known therapeutic school in Russia. S.P. Botkin's greatest merit is emphasized to be his neurogenic theory of medicine, which has played a great role in the understanding of physiological and pathological processes in the entire organism.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Mazurov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Tsygan
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Tyrenko
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000266:history*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917)