REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot166910.32687/1561-5936-2023-27-4-376-381Original ArticleViews about the nature of skin diseases in children and their treatment in Russian folk medicineMikirtichanGalina L.glm306@yandex.ruKaurovaTatjana V.meditanika@gmail.comSt. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia15122023437638114102025Copyright © 2023,2023The article attempted to reveal the specifics of ideas about skin diseases in children, their causes and methods of treatment in Russian national everyday medicine. Peasant culture of the XIX — early XX centuries was based on medieval models, which led to an appeal to the published historical, ethnographic and folklore sources of this time. Doctor books with sections dedicated to children stored in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg were also analyzed. The study of materials allows you to draw a conclusion that in Russian folk medicine there has long been a variety of views on the causes of skin diseases and their treatment in children, based on various interweavings of rational and irrational ideas, on combinations of Christian and pagan views.childrenskin diseasescausesmethods of treatmentChristian and pagan ideasдетикожные болезнипричиныприёмы леченияхристианские и языческие представления[Lotman Yu. M. Conversations about Russian culture: life and traditions of the Russian nobility (XVIII — early XIX centuries). St. Petersburg; 2008.][Bromley Yu. V., Voronov L. A. Traditional medicine as a subject of ethnographic research. Soviet ethnography. 1976;(5):3—18.][Russia, 1913: Stat.-document. reference. A. M. Anfimov, A. P. Korelin (eds.). St. Petersburg; 1995.][Pokrovsky E. A. Physical education of children among different nations, mainly Russia. Materials for medical and anthropological research. Moscow; 1884.][Demich V. F. Essays on traditional medicine: pediatrics among the Russian people. St. Petersburg; 1892.][Popov G. I. Russian folk medicine: based on materials from the ethnographic bureau of Prince V. N. Tenishev. St. Petersburg; 1903.][Dolgov V. V. Ancient Rus': mosaic of the era. Essays on the social anthropology of social relations of the 11th—16th centuries. Izhevsk; 2004.][Rein G. E. About Russian folk obstetrics: Speech by Prof. G. E. Reina, said. in celebrations meeting of the III Congress of Doctors on January 6. 1889 St. Petersburg; 1889.][Malakhova A. S., Malakhov S. N. The phenomenon of illness in the consciousness and everyday life of a person in Ancient Rus' (11th—early 17th centuries). Armavir; 2014.][Gusakov N. I. Origins of nativedermatovenerology. Moscow; 2002.][Russian children. Fundamentals of Russian pedagogy. Illustrated encyclopedia. St. Petersburg; 2006.][Larin I. A. Folk treatment of skin and venereal diseases in the Astrakhan province. Russian Medical Bulletin. 1902;(9):15—23.][Sodnompilova M. M. Traditional ideas of the Turkic-Mongolian peoples of Inner Asia about skin diseases: the nature of the diseases and treatment methods. Medical anthropology and bioethics. 2019;18(2).][Department of Manuscripts of the State Public Library named after M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin. F.VI.18 Prokhladnyy vertograd. Therapist.][Department of Manuscripts of the State Public Library named after. M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin. Q.VI.17 Collection of medical works of the 18th century.][Balov A. Childhood diseases and their treatment in Russian folk medicine. Practical medicine.1898;(33):597—599.][Contagiousness of warts. Paramedic. 1897;(12):355—356.][Mikirtichan G. L., Kaurova T. V., Averchenko P. A. Skin diseases in the context of superstitious beliefs in Russian folk medicine. Medicine and healthcare organization. 2023;(3):79—88.][Yuzhin V. I. How to get rid of damage and the evil eye. Signs, amulets, conspiracies, rituals, prayers. Moscow; 2009.][Malakhova A. S. Human and disease in the everyday life of Ancient Rus': 10th— early 17th centuries: abstract of thesis. ... candidate of historical sciences. Stavropol; 2011.][Mikirtichan G. L. Attitude towards children, their right to life and development in Russia (Xth—early 18th century). Pediatrician. 2014;(1):126—131.][The Tale of Bygone Years. In: Library of Literature of Ancient Rus'. D. S. Likhachev et al. (eds.). St. Petersburg; 1997:1:XI—XII.]