"Medical Odessa" with Natalia Kotova

On this excursion we will talk about how they were ill and how they were treated in Old Odessa. More than an actual topic today !!!  Together with the guide Natalia Kotova, we will begin our walk from the monument to Duke, where we will remember the first plague epidemic in Odessa and quarantine. Then we will go through Ekaterininskaya Square, where we will remember about hygiene in the Russian Empire, about Saint Catherine and about the city's pharmacies.  And then the magnificent Tolstoy estate awaits us, whose family gave the city the first ambulance station , Gogol Street, where the outstanding ophthalmologist Filatov lived, let us recall the inventor of streptomycin Vaksner and the mechano-therapeutic institute Gustav Zander. We will also tell you about popular hydrotherapy centers, baths, Kuyalnik mud baths, mineral and fruit waters.  We will finish with an inspection of the incredible Medical Quarter, where we will see the building of the Anatomical Theater, the building of the Medical University, the building of the clinic for children's diseases, the Valikhov orphanage, which gave the name to the whole lane. We will also see the currently operating First Ambulance Station and a bacteriological station. It is here that it will be interesting to learn about the great scientists, without whom our life today would not be so comfortable: about the microbiologist Bardakh, about the plague winner Khavkin, about the bacteriologist Gamaley, about the immunologist Mechnikov , about the physiologist Sechenov, about the surgeon Pirogov and many other outstanding people who lived and treated in Odessa.  Date and time: June 20 at 14:00 ⏰ Duration: 2 hours  Type: pedestrian Place of collection: Primorsky Boulevard (near the monument to Duke)  Guide: Natalia Kotova  Cost - 200 UAH. For children - 100 UAH. Friends, pre-registration for this excursion is required! ☎️ Phone for registration +380673870067 or write to us . Waiting for you! To fall in love with Odessa again together! 