In anticipation of the launch I of the All-Russian Pharmaceutical Run, we publish historical essays on the history of the development of the healthcare system and pharmacology in the cities participating in the large-scale action. Indeed, respect for traditions, support for the old school, the transfer of best practices and a healthy mentoring system are key to the development of a successful future. The pharmaceutical industry is no exception.
Author: historian, publicist Stanislav Chagin
The year 1778 can be called the point of the report of the history of medicine in the city. This year, by decree of Catherine II, the order of public charity was opened – a provincial institution introduced in Russia by Catherine II in 1775, which was responsible for managing public schools, hospitals, shelters for the sick and demented, hospitals, almshouses and prisons. Gathered from elected assessors chaired by a government official. And in 1781 the first hospital appeared on the initiative of the Governor-General of Yaroslavl Alexei Melgunov. Now this hospital is named after the famous Yaroslavl surgeon Nikolai Vasilyevich Solovyov, head of the surgical department and participant in the First World War. For about a hundred years, she remained the only one in the city, until in 1861 a new hospital appeared, highly noted by contemporaries. It was free and people of all classes were accepted there, which at that time was a truly innovative solution. The best doctors of the city worked in it, and she was kept on the money of selfless philanthropists.
In 1903, the city received an eye clinic, in which ordinary people received eye care for free, which by the standards of even our century looks unusual. All this was organized by the outstanding Russian ophthalmologist Ivan Nikolaevich Katsaurov, who even cured Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, wife of Nicholas II, even from an eye disease.
As for the history of pharmacology and pharmacy in Yaroslavl, before the first pharmacies appeared, the population was treated by healers and herbalists who practiced traditional medicine. Each healer had an ambiguous reputation with the authorities. The first pharmacy was opened only in 1740 with the permission of the medical office. Its first owner was the German Hildebrant Gindrickson Durop. He remained in the history of the city as the first pharmacist.
Before the great reforms of Alexander the Second, pharmacies remained private, and only in 1864, with the introduction of zemstvos, pharmacies were allowed to create independent structures outside of hospitals.
In 1917, 11 pharmacies were operating in Yaroslavl. In addition to private pharmacies, there were hospitals, factories and even parts of the garrison. After the revolution, all pharmacies were nationalized.
Now pharmacology in the Yaroslavl region is developing rapidly. Successfully establishing relations with foreign business. For example, in Yaroslavl since 1993 there is a representative office of a large Japanese pharmaceutical company, Takeda. She is the most important partner for Russia. It is distinguished by high-tech and high-quality production of medicines.