Galina Shatalova
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Galina Sergeyevna Shatalova | |
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| Born | 13.10.1916 |
| Died | 14.12.2011 |
| Alma mater | Rostov Medical Institute |
| Occupations | Neurosurgery, Dietetics |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | "Replacement of defects in the dura mater with fibrin films"[1] |
| Academic advisors | Boris Yegorov[1] |
Galina Sergeyevna Shatalova (October 13, 1916, in Ashgabat, Transcaspian Oblast – December 14, 2011, in Moscow Oblast) was a Russian neurosurgeon, a military surgeon, the head of the cosmonaut selection and training department, and the laureate of the Burdenko Prize (1951).[2]
Shatalova was born on October 13, 1916. At the age of 15, she started her career. She entered the Rostov Medical Institute,[2] graduated from it, and was left in the residency of the surgical clinic of the same institute.[2]
In 1939, with the outbreak of hostilities on the Karelian Isthmus, she was drafted into the Army, where she became a military surgeon. She participated in the Second World War from the first to the last day, as a military surgeon, and head of the hospital department.
After the war, she worked as a neurosurgeon at the Central Institute of Neurosurgery of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[2] "She directly met the needs of the post-war period: there were many such unfortunates (with) severe head wounds. Plasty of dura mater defects has prolonged the lives of thousands of veterans."[1]
In the 60s, she worked at the Institute of Space Research[2] of the USSR Academy of Sciences as the head of the cosmonaut selection and training sector.[3][2]
She was the organizer and participant of successful extreme multi-day hiking trips in Karakum, Altai, Tien Shan, and Pamir. She was also a teacher of a healthy lifestyle,[3] and author of the System of Natural Health.[4]
Works
She was the author of many books and a large number of publications including:[5]
- "A System for all Systems." Soviet Life, Issues 1–6, pg.30-33, 1989.[6]
- We eat ourselves to death: The revolutionary concept of a Russian Doctor for a long life with optimum health. Goldmann, 2002, ISBN 3-442-14222-9.
- Healing nutrition: An energetic food and herbology for true health. Goldmann, 2006, ISBN 3-442-21745-8.
- Philosophy of health. Goldmann, 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-21860-8.
- "Наука и Жизнь," Issue 12, 1979.[7]
