[Great surgeon Sergei Sergeevich Yudin (Through the eyes of an eyewitness)].

Yudin S.S. (1891-1954) outstanding physician, surgeon of the twentieth century. His achievements are associated with the development of a method for transfusion of postmortem blood to patient, reconstructive surgery of the esophagus, surgery of the stomach and duodenum, and traumatology. Yudin was encyclopedically educated, he is one of the organizers of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, he received recognition in our country (winner of two State Prizes, the Lenin Prize, member of Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR) and the international medical community (honorary member of the Royal Society of Surgeons, etc.). In 1948-1953 he was repressed, completely rehabilitated. In 1952-1953 he was in exile in Novosibirsk, conducted research on the clinical physiology of the stomach and small intestine. In 1953 he returned from exile to Moscow and then fully rehabilitated.