"K voprosu o gistologicheskikh izmeneniiakh pri travmaticheskom vospalenii korkovago veshchestva golovnago mozga (eksperimentalnoe izsledovanie). Dissertatsiia na stepen doktora meditsiny (On the Question of Histological Changes in Traumatic Inflamation of the Cortex of the Brain (An Experimental Study). Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine)" together with "Ob obezkrovlivanii konechnostei dlia operatsii posredstvom elasticheskikh bintov. Dissertatsiia na stepen doktora meditsiny (Excanguination of the Extremities During Surgeries Through Elastic Bandages. Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine)

S. Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Russkaia Skoropechatnia P. S. Nakhimova and Tipografiia O. I. Baksta, 1874. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good -. First editions, 1 of 300 copies; 9 1/4 x 6; pp. 1-44, [7] and [1], 4-65, [2] respectively; pink wraps, printed in black; several period notes and small stamps to wraps and title pages; nicks to tips of spine and corners; foxing mostly contained toinitial several leaves and margins; the first booklet illustrated with a large, fold-out, steel engraving; overall in very good- condition.Two rare medical dissertations, published, presented, and defended by doctors, graduating the prestigious St. Petersburg Imperial Medical and Surgical Academy. The oldest school of military medicine in Russia, founded in 1798, and considered one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the Russian Empire, the university educated military medical professionals and it still does to this day (operating as S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy). Among its many noted professors was Nikolai Pirogov (1810 - 1881) - the founder of field surgery.