The contribution of Ukrainian doctors to the development of medical parasitology: a historical review based on archival sources of the library of the Vinnytsia National Medical University named after M. I. Pirogov

Assoc. prof. A.V. Biloshitska, senior lecturer I.V. Simonova, leading librarian L.B. Shchukin

Vinnytsia National Medical University named after M.I. Pirogov

The article presents a historical review of Ukrainian doctors’ contribution to the development of parasitology based on archival sources from the Pirogov VNMU Library, with special focus on little-known 19th-century publications.

Key words: medical history, parasitology, coccidia, rare editions.

https://doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2025.02.044

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