History of military radiology (to the 90th anniversary of the department of radiology and radiology with the course of ultrasound diagnostics of the Military Medical Academy)

The Department of radiology and radiology with the course of ultrasound diagnostics of the Military Medical Academy celebrated its 90th anniversary. The Military Medical Academy was the first medical institution in Russia, which immediately after the discovery of x-rays formed the main directions of development of the discipline: research in the field of radiation physics, clinical direction and military radiology, as well as educational and methodological work. The basics of radiology were taught to 5th-year students at the Academy as early as 1897, two years after the discovery of x-rays by V. K. Roentgen. Since 1914, the first courses of military x-ray technicians were organized at the Academy, and in 1923 an independent course of radiology was introduced and the teaching of a new discipline was given a clinical orientation. Glorious traditions were formed at the Department solely due to a remarkable galaxy of scientists who worked within its walls and were at the origins of Russian clinical radiology. These are Professor Mikhail Isaevich Nemenov, academician of the AMN, Professor Georgy Artemyevich Zedgenidze, Professor Leonid Davidovich Lindenbraten, corresponding member of th