Instruktsii po neotlozhnoy khirurgii [Instructions for Emergency Surgery], 1940. In Russian

Инструкции по неотложной хирургии
Сост. при участии Всес. ас-ции хирургов, Ученого мед. совета Наркомздрава СССР и СУ РККА
Под ред. акад. Бурденко Н. Н., зам. наркома здравоохранения СССР Колесникова С. А., начсанупра РККА бригврача Смирнова Е. И.
Обложка худ. И. Авринского
Москва-Ленинград : Медгиз, 1940
172 с. : ил.; 20 см. твердый переплет
Тираж: 10 000 экз.
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Instruktsii po neotlozhnoy khirurgii. [Instructions for Emergency Surgery].
Compiled with the participation of the All-Union Association of Surgeons, the Scientific Medical Council of the USSR People's Commissariat of Health and the Sanitary Directorate of the Red Army.
Edited by Academician N. N. Burdenko, Deputy People's Commissar of Health S. A. Kolesnikov, Head of the Red Army Sanitary Directorate Brigade Doctor E. I. Smirnov.
Cover by I. Avrinsky.
Moscow-Leningrad: Medgiz, 1940.
172 p.: ill.; 20 cm. Hardcover.
Print run: 10,000 copies.

This 1940 volume is a crucial official manual on emergency surgery, compiled with the authority of the highest medical and military bodies of the USSR, including the People's Commissariat of Health and the Red Army's Sanitary Directorate. It was prepared under the editorship of the legendary Soviet neurosurgeon and academician Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko, a key figure in organizing military medical services, alongside other top officials. Published by the state medical publisher Medgiz on the eve of World War II, this illustrated hardcover guide served as an essential standard reference for field surgeons, establishing protocols for urgent surgical interventions. As a primary source, it is invaluable for historians of medicine, military healthcare, and the development of Soviet medical science in the critical pre-war period, reflecting the state's efforts to systematize and improve trauma care.