Medicine through the pages of time

Nataliia Perekhodko, Candidate of Historical Sciences, head of the department of social and humanitarian disciplines of the Rivne Medical Academy, spoke at the opening of the exhibition "Medicine through the pages of time: treasures of national culture", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Rivne Regional Scientific Medical Library. The exhibition is open at the Rivne Regional Museum of Local Lore.

The exhibition presents rare medical books from the library's collections, included in the State Register of National Cultural Heritage of Ukraine.

During her speech, Nataliia Perekhodko focused on the development of medicine in the Rivne region in the interwar period, emphasizing the importance of heritage for modern medical education.

The real pearl of the exhibition is the 1876 edition of "Clinical Guidelines for the Homeopathic Treatment of Diseases" - one of the oldest surviving examples of medical literature, which opens unique pages in the history of homeopathy.

The museum's materials attracted particular attention: documents, photographs, medical instruments and personal belongings of prominent doctors of the Rivne region, in particular Mefodii Raievskyi, Yevhen Borovyi, Borys Kvashenko and Hryhorii Kleshkan.