This person was responsible for the most important value of the Russian Empire - the health of the heirs to the throne. His industriousness and devotion to his work surprised many courtiers.
This person’s contribution to medicine is underestimated. Working in a specific environment, he proposed techniques that surprised even the courtiers experienced in all kinds of eccentricities. If we discard all the conventions of the historical era and the position of our hero, then his commitment to advanced views on the preservation of children's health will be revealed.
early years
There is very little documentary information about the childhood of Ivan Korovin. It is known that his parent was called Paul, and he was a priest. For what merits to the sovereign and the Fatherland the holy man was awarded the hereditary nobility, where he lived and in which church the rules of service, history is silent. It is only known that the mysterious gentleman had three sons. The one who will be discussed further, was born in 1843.
Obviously, the Korovin family was not in poverty. The boy studied at the gymnasium, in 1865 he entered the Medical and Surgical Academy. This educational institution in the capital appeared by decree of Paul I. Famous doctors and scientists of their time lectured there. The academy graduated high-class specialists who were happy to receive in the army. Our graduate in 1870 easily got the position of a junior doctor in the Nikolaev hospital, which was under the jurisdiction of the Military Department, and opened a private practice.
Imperial Medical and Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg
Specialization
The young physician was attracted by the prospect of career growth. He took up writing a doctoral dissertation. As the research topic, Ivan Pavlovich chose the effect that starchy foods have on the health status of infants. After 4 years, the work was completed and submitted to the court of professors of the Academy. She received high marks, and her author - the degree of doctor of medicine.
The choice of such an unusual subject of scientific research was dictated by no desire to shock colleagues. A new department of pediatrics was created at the Medical and Surgical Academy. Specialists who were passionate about their work were needed there. Ivan Korovin became one of them. In 1876, Professor Nikolai Bystrov, who led a new line of work, invited our hero to his assistant. He agreed. Now he conducted research, worked in a children's clinic and lectured to students. After work, the doctor hurried home, where his wife and son were waiting.
Intubation (1904). Artist Georges-Alexander Shikoto
Healer for the Fruit of Secret Passion
The news of the specialist in the field of pediatrics reached the emperor’s ear. Alexander II was just in a quandary - his favorite Ekaterina Dolgorukova gave him four children. The sovereign did not hide from his lawful wife the details of his personal life, but if his illegitimate children enjoyed all the privileges of the lawful, there would be a scandal. Caring dad invited Ivan Korovin to take an informal position as a doctor in his second family. After the death of the empress and marriage to her former mistress, the monarch was in no hurry to legitimize the situation at court of a man who knew too much.
Alexander II died at the hands of a terrorist, Alexander III took his place. The change of ruler benefited the career of a children's doctor. Upbringing and education did not allow the new ruler to refuse the services of a high-class specialist only because he was initiated into the unpleasant secrets of his father. He produced Korovin as a pediatrician. This title was established specifically for him. Alexander III transferred the doctor by inheritance to his son Nicholas II.
Noble coat of arms granted to Ivan Korovin
Heir to the throne
A year after the coronation, Nicholas II first became a father. Since 1895, Ivan Pavlovich again had to return to taking care of the children of the first person in the state. I must say that the doctor did not leave his post at the children's hospital, hospital and academy. He had the strength and desire to help hundreds of patients. There were practically no problems with the elder royal daughters. Girls grew up healthy.
Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatyana, Maria and Anastasia
In the summer of 1904, the august surname rejoiced at the birth of the long-awaited son Alexei. The courtiers were indignant at the way Ivan Korovin was meticulously choosing a nurse for the baby. In September of the same year, the doctor was urgently summoned to the baby. The navel was bleeding in the newborn; the doctor spent a lot of time to cope with this trouble. He immediately met with the mother of Alyosha, and after several questions regarding the biography and diseases of her relatives, he made a terrible diagnosis. The heir to the throne suffered hemophilia.
