Omsk Military Doctor Pavel K. Levonevsky: Scientific and Public Activities (on the 160th Anniversary of the Birth)

The article discusses the main milestones of the biography, scientific and social activities of the prominent military doctor Pavel K. Levonevsky (1863-1914), who made a significant contribution to the development of urban healthcare in Omsk in the late 19th - early 20th century. This year marks the 160th anniversary of his birth. The military doctor P.K. Levonevsky came from the nobility of the Kovno province, was educated at the medical faculty of Dorpat University, from which he graduated in 1888. After graduating from the university, he was enrolled in the ranks of the military medical department and sent to serve in Siberia, where he began his medical career at the Omsk military hospital. P.K. Levonevsky was in charge of the surgical department of the hospital. He was a highly qualified general surgeon, operated on patients with diseases of the genitourinary system and digestive organs, gynecological and skin problems, carried out craniotomy, bone implantation. In Omsk, P.K. Levonevsky was actively involved in social and scientific work, joined the Omsk Medical Society, which at that time united the medical community of the city. The doctor sought to share his medical experience with colleagues, actively speaking at meetings of the medical society and demonstrating the results of his work. He made more than 30 reports on topical issues of surgery. P.K. Levonevsky combined his scientific work with pedagogical activity, for a number of years he taught at the Omsk Central Medical Assistant School. P.K. Levonevsky is an outstanding Russian surgeon who made a significant contribution to the development of healthcare and medical science in Omsk. His personality reflected the features characteristic of the best representatives of the intelligentsia of that time - education, diligence, selfless devotion to science, disinterested public service.