S. S. Zimnitsky — the creator of the functional direction in internal medicine. The outset — research in gastroenterology

Semen Semenovich Zimnitsky is an outstanding Russian internist of the early XX century. He created a functional direction and made significant contribution to internal medicine, infectiology, immunology microbiology, but his studies gastroenterology are fundamental. The Zimnitsky’s works on hepatology, pancreatic diseases, balneology interesting. S. discovered 5 types gastric secretion, which turned out be reversible, proposed repeated breakfast. pinnacle work test, makes it possible determine renal function without resorting any invasive procedures in no way burdening patient. onset test creation was laid by doctoral dissertation devoted gastroenterology.