Life and scientific creativity of professor A.E. Prozorov (to the 130 anniversary since birth)

The main milestones of life and scientific activity of professor A.E. Prozorov are provided. It is noted that Alexander Evgrafovich organized the first X-ray radiotherapeutic office at Gynecologic institute. From 1918 to 1924 served in the Red Army as the radiologist in various military institutions. It is shown that since 1925 until the end of life directed radiological office of the Central scientific research institute of tuberculosis M3 of the USSR. That circumstance that Prozorov along with 1926 for 1940 managed radiological office of hospital of S.P. Botkin is analyzed; in 1947-1949 headed department of a radiology of the 2nd MMI. A.E. Prozorov published more than 60 scientific works, including the monograph “Radiodiagnosis of a Pulmonary Tuberculosis” (1940), long time serving as one of the main guides to this question. A.E. Prozorov showed that the essential value in development of tubercular process has aggravation of the calmed-down tuberculous focuses (rein-fekt). It is noted that he paid attention to possibility of an atelectasis at tubercular bronchadenites. Its researches in the field of studying of the normal pulmonary drawing and roots of lungs and also descriptions of versions of the pulmonary drawing played a significant role for specification of early radiological manifestations of tuberculosis and other pulmonary diseases. A.E. Prozorov offered a method of the sliding mark for specification of localization of pleurisy, paid attention to a phenomenon of shift and change of a form of a shadow of an exudate at pleurisy in connection with breath phases. A number of works devoted to nonspecific diseases of lungs.