Population and Economics 2(4): 1-46, doi: 10.3897/popecon.2.e36059
The first Russian nomenclature of diseases and diagnostics of causes of death in the XIX century: a particular case
expand article infoIrina Troitskaia‡, Alexander Avdeev§
‡ Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia§ Université Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

Corresponding author: Irina Troitskaia ( itro@econ.msu.ru )

© Irina Troitskaia, Alexander Avdeev.
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Citation: Troitskaia I, Avdeev A (2018) The first Russian nomenclature of diseases and diagnostics of causes of death in the XIX century: a particular case. Population and Economics 2(4): 1-46. https://doi.org/10.3897/popecon.2.e36059
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze changes in the diagnosis of causes of death of the local population and to study the relationship of these changes with the development of medicine and unification of the definition of causes of death in Russia. The information base of the study is the registers of the two parishes in the Moscow County in the period from 1815 to 1918. The obtained results show a significant improvement in the diagnosing of causes of death in the second half of the XIX century, connected with the expansion of the network of medical institutions in the Moscow Province and the activity of the medical society in the development of the Russian nomenclature of diseases.
Keywords
causes of death;classification of diseases;zemstvo medicine;parish registers;historical demography