Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky

Ukrainian surgeon

Date of Birth: 24-May-1906

Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1975

Profession: inventor, surgeon, physiologist, anaesthetist, military physician, cardiac surgeon

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (Russian: ??????´??? ??????´??????? ?????´?????, May 24 [O.S.
May 11] 1906, Kazan – December 19, 1975, Moscow) was a Soviet surgeon, member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1953), honoured worker of science of the RSFSR (1956), Colonel General of Medical Corps (1966), and a Hero of Socialist Labor (1966).
Vishnevsky first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia (1953). A son of Alexandr Vasilyevich Vishnevsky, he elaborated the new methods for treating gunshot wounds treatment on the Eastern Front of World War II, such as using leeches to remove shrapnel.
Later he was awarded several Soviet and foreign awards and prizes.