Mikhail Georgievich Kurlov (1859–1932) – a pupil of the Military Medical Academy, founder of the scientific clinic of internal diseases in Siberia

The article is devoted to the biography of the outstanding Russian doctor, graduate of the Military Medical Academy Mikhail Georgievich Kurlov (1859–1932), whose 165th birthday is next year. In 1890, M.G.Kurlov was appointed an extraordinary professor at Tomsk University, in 1903–1906. The was the first elected rector of this university, in 1907–1929. Head of the Department of Medical Diagnostics and Faculty Therapeutic Clinic. Professor Kurlov was a brilliant lecturer and a wonderful teacher; the taught courses not only in internal medicine but also in pharmacology, nervous and childhood diseases. The author of more than a hundred scientific papers, over 20 professors have been trained in his clinic, 10 of them personally by him. He was among the leading physicians in Russia who continued the movement of the domestic clinic of internal diseases along the European natural science path, begun by S.P.Botkin. The authors of the article used materials from several central archives, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.