EVGENY SERGEEVICH BOTKIN AND SERGEY SERGEEVICH BOTKIN AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL SCHOOL SERGEI PETROVICH BOTKIN

The article is devoted to medical activity of the sons of the outstanding Russian clinician and scientist Sergey Petrovich Botkin (1832-1889) — Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin (1865-1918) and Sergey Sergeevich Botkin (1859-1910). Sergey Petrovich Botkin is the founder of the first in Russia and one of the largest scientific therapeutic schools. Among the doctors who were trained in the clinic of the Military medical Academy in the years of work of Sergei Petrovich Botkin, were his sons, however, traditionally in the publications on the scientific clinical school of Sergei Petrovich Botkin, their names are not mentioned among his students. The authors made an attempt to trace the stages of the life of the sons of Sergei Petrovich Botkin, in particular, study and work in the Military medical Academy, scientific training abroad, medical activities in medical institutions of St. Petersburg and organization of medical care as part of the red cross during the Russian-Japanese war (1904-1905). The work of Yevgeny Botkin as a court physician of the family of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II is considered separately. The article reveals the influence of the person S.P. Botkin and his closest disciples on E.S. Botkin and S.S. Botkin, as well as the continuity of clinical views and research of S.P. Botkin and his sons. The authors emphasize the similarity of ethical principles of medical activity, which guided Sergey Petrovich Botkin and his sons. The materials presented in the article confirm that the sons of Sergey Petrovich Botkin — Evgeny Sergeevich Botkin and Sergey Sergeevich Botkin — belong to his scientific clinical school.