enterprise." He reproached them because they were "filled 

 with some extraordinary spirit of cosmopolitanism suppressing 

 competition in learning," because they are "indifferent to 

 the progress of national education and, on the contrary . . . 

 prejudiced in favor of all that is foreign. "86 



About himself, Diadkovskii wrote that he was trained "from 

 youth not to accept any mental attitude as truth unless I was 

 convinced of its truth by its faithfulness and by its logical, 

 moral, and physical usage. "87 He sought freedom from all 

 predilections toward foreign teachings, which were so frequently 

 logically ridiculous, morally deformed, and physically 

 unsuitable for use. "For twenty years I have been proving that, 

 with their present knowledge, Russian physicians have the 

 capability of throwing off the yoke of foreign teachers and 

 behaving independently. "88 



In "General Therapy," Diadkovskii noted the bases of his 

 theory (^"physical, " i.e. materialistic, studies) and the work 

 of his students. From this humble information it is possible 

 to conclude that Diadkovskii was not alone in his fight. His 

 students continued to develop his ideas, though not always 

 successfully. Diadkovskii paid great attention to his numerous 

 listeners at the University and at the Medical-Surgical 

 Academy; hence he was not driven away from teaching because of 

 his progressive ideas. Two of his listeners later on became 

 professors at Moscow University and played a great role in 

 the development of progressive science in Russia. One was 

 Professor of Physiology I. T. Glebov, under whom I. M. Sechenov 



86 . Ibid . , pp . v - vi . 



87. This aphorism of Diadkovskii, which was set by the 

 translator and publisher Lebedev in the form of an 

 epigraph to "Practical Medicine," displayed the direct 

 influence of Lomonosov, who wrote, in "Notes on Physics 

 and the Corpuscular Philosophy," the following: "I do 

 not accept any fabrication or any hypothesis, however 

 probable it may seem, without accurate evidence, subordinate 

 to the rules, controlled by the arguments." CM. V. Lomonosov, 

 WORKS, Vol. I [1950], publication of the Academy of Science 

 USSR.) 



88. Diadkovskii, GENERAL THERAPY, p. vi. 



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