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Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky

Soviet surgeon (1906–1975)

Field	Value
name	Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky
image	Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Kazan, Russian Empire
death_date
death_place	Moscow, USSR
occupation	Surgeon
known_for	First conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia
relations	Alexandr Vasilyevich Vishnevsky
notable_works	Created new methods for treating gunshot wounds
prizes	Hero of Socialist Labor

Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (; – 19 December 1975) was a Soviet surgeon, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1953), honoured worker of science of the RSFSR (1956), Colonel General of Medical Corps (1966), and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1966). Vishnevsky first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia (1953).

A son of Alexander Vasilyevich Vishnevsky, he elaborated the new methods for treating gunshot wounds treatment on the Eastern Front of World War II, such as using leeches to remove shrapnel. Later he was awarded several Soviet and foreign awards and prizes.

Works

Selected works on surgery and adjacent branches, vol. 1–2 (Избранные работы по хирургии и пограничным областям. Т. 1–2. М., 1970)
Surgeon's Diary. The Great Patriotic War 1941–1945, 2nd ed. (Дневник хирурга. Великая Отечественная война 1941–1945 гг. Изд. 2-е. М., 1970)

References

Советская военная энциклопедия, том 2
Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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