Red Medicine (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 12
Dedication 6
Preface 8
Illustrations 14
Introduction 20
CHAPTER I. Moscow and Leningrad 28
Impressions of Moscow 32
Subtropical Georgia 65
The Capital of the Ukraine 76
CHAPTER III. The Background of Russian Life 81
CHAPTER IV. Russia's Travel Towards Communism 87
The Rise of Marxism 92
War Communism 99
CHAPTER V. Stages in the Introduction of Communism 105
Agricultural Socialization 110
CHAPTER VI. Government in the U.S.S.R. 113
The Machinery of Government 114
Trade Unions 117
The Communist Party 120
CHAPTER VII. Industrial Conditions and Health 127
CHAPTER VIII. Agricultural Conditions 145
CHAPTER IX. Religious and Civil Liberty and Law 155
CHAPTER X. Home Life, Recreation, Clubs, Education 163
Housing 165
Physical Culture 167
Propaganda 174
Education 175
The Press and Literature 177
CHAPTER XI. Women in Soviet Russia Marriage and Divorce
CHAPTER XII. Care of Children and Youths 190
Public Nurseries or Crèches 192
The Youth Movement 202
CHAPTER XIII. Care of Maternity 205
Prenatal Care 209
CHAPTER XIV. The Problem of Abortion 211
CHAPTER XV. Social Insurance 219
CHAPTER XVI. Public Health and Medical Administration 226
CHAPTER XVII. Russian Medical History and the Training of Doctors 236
Post-Revolution General Education 243
Medical Education in Rostov 246
Medical Education in Tiflis 247
CHAPTER XVIII. The Medical Care of the Sick 251
Interview with Commissar Vladimirsky 253
Second Interview with Commissar Vladimirsky 254
An Interview with a Writer 254
An Interview with the Commissar of Health in Kazan 255
Summary of Interviews in Rostov 255
An Interview with the Commissar of Health of Georgia 258
Factory Medicine 262
CHAPTER XIX. Treatment in Residential and Non-residential Institutions 266
Dispensaries and Polyclinics 266
Hospitals 268
Sanatoria and Rest Homes 269
A Polyclinic in Leningrad 270
The Unitary Dispensary at Rostov 270
The Third Labor Polyclinic, in Kharkov 273
The Therapeutic Hospital at Rostov 275
The Hospital for Railway Employees in Tiflis 276
Integration of Institutional and Non-institutional Treatment 277
Further Data on Institutions 279
CHAPTER XX. Care of Tuberculosis—Sanatoria and AlliedInstitutions 282
How Tuberculosis Control Is Organized in the R.S.F.S.R. 284
The Institutes in Samara and Tiflis 286
A Night Sanatorium in Moscow 287
A Preventorium for Children in Kharkov 287
Rest Homes and Sanatoria 288
Visit to Dolossy Sanatorium 294
Visit to Livadia 294
CHAPTER XXI. The Treatment and Prevention of Venereal Diseases 297
Prophylactoria for Prostitutes 300
CHAPTER XXII. The Characteristics of Medical Practice 302
American and Soviet Medical Care Compared 308
CHAPTER XXIII. General Considerations on the Medical Care in Large Communities 315
Tests of Medical Service 325
CHAPTER XXIV. Concluding Observations 332
The Socialization of Medicine 345
INDEX 350