Medical and sanitary issues on the Railways of Russia in 1917

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issue of providing medical care to railway workers after the February revolution of 1917 in Russia. Social transformations of the revolutionary period also affected railway transport, affecting, among other things, the medical and sanitary issue. The purpose of the study was to study the changes that took place in the structure of medical and sanitary Affairs in railway transport in 1917. Since it existed before the February revolution of 1917 railway medicine could not satisfy the railway workers, and they considered the situation of medicine on the Railways abnormal. Railway workers clearly recognized the need for a radical reorganization of the formulation of railway medicine. They expressed their wishes that this issue should receive comprehensive coverage at the all-Russian Railway Congress, and that not only doctors, but also middle and Junior medical personnel of other categories (paramedics, midwives, pharmacists, disinfectants, etc.) should be invited to participate in the railway medicine section, as people who are closer and more familiar with the needs of railway workers. As a result of the research, the article shows that the all-Russian constituent railway Congress, held from July 15 to August 25, 1917, in Moscow, contributed to the formulation and progress of scientific and sanitary Affairs that served the interests of railway workers, taking into account the specifics of the revolutionary period.