title: [Legal regulation of the personnel issues of military medicine during the reign of Paul I].
abstract: The article describes laws and regulations concerning the Russian army and navy, and accordingly its medical services accepted during the reign of Paul I. During this period different decrees aimed to improve medical personnel training in order to admit students to medical and surgical schools, reorganization of educational medical institutions, improving of professional skills of medical workers. Other decrees, aimed to improvement of recruitment of medical personnel of troops: the best students of <<bonesetter's schools>> had to be sent to troops instead physician assistant, medical staff increase and additional funding, countering the reduce of physicians' social welfare due to the inhumane attitude of the authorities, to regulate of the military medical service rotation order as well as assessment of their professional, moral, and psychological qualities.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Iskhakov
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917); D000078329:Workforce