Nikolai Korotkov
Nikolai Sergeyevich Korotkov was a Russian surgeon, a pioneer of 20th century vascular surgery, and the inventor of auscultatory technique for blood pressure measurement.
Nikolai Korotkov was born to a merchant family atMilenskaia Street in Kursk on February 26, 1874. He attended the Kursk Gymnasium . He entered the medical faculty of Kharkov University in 1893 and transferred to Moscow University in 1895, where he graduated with distinction in 1898. He was appointed resident intern to professor Alexander Bobrov at the surgical clinic of Moscow university.
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