Yefrem Mukhin

Yefrem Mukhin
An 1830 engraving by Alexander Florov
Born
Yefrem Yosypovych Mukhin

(1766-02-08)8 February 1766
Died12 February 1850(1850-02-12) (aged 84)
Koltsovo, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire
Alma materKharkiv Collegium
Spouses
Nadezhda Moskvina
(m. 1803; died 1830)

Natalia Kostrova
(m. 1836; died 1845)
Parents
  • Yosyp Mukhin (father)
  • Marfa Mukhina (mother)
AwardsOrder of Saint Vladimir (1807, 1835)
Order of Saint Anna (1824, 1831)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, surgery, anatomy
InstitutionsImperial Moscow University
Signature

Yefrem Yosypovych Mukhin (Russian: Ефрем Осипович Мухин, Ukrainian: Єфрем Йосипович Мухін; 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1766 – 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1850) was a Russian physician, surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, hygienist. One of the founders of the anatomical and physiological direction in Russian medicine. He is considered the founder of traumatology in Russia and Ukraine. Honourary Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Imperial Moscow University, Active State Councillor.