HISTORY OF STUDYING OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS IN THE MIRROR OF NUMISMATICS

Syniachenko O.V.¹, Kovalenko V.², Bortkevych O.P. ², Gnylorybov A.M.³, Golovach I.Y.⁴, Yermolaieva M.V.¹, Kuzmina G.P.⁵, Smiyan S. I.⁶, Stanislavchuk N.А.⁷, Yaremenko O.B.⁸, Yatsyshyn R.I. ⁹

• ¹Donetsk National Medical University, Lyman
• ²SI «National Research Center «Institute of Cardiology M.D. Strazheska National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine», Kyiv
• ³Clinic of Modern Rheumatology, Kyiv
• ⁴Center for Clinical and Preventive Medicine of State Management of Affairs, Kyiv
• ⁵Dnipro Medical Academy, Kryvyi Rih
• ⁶I.Ya. Gorbachevsky Ternopil Medical University
• ⁷M.I. Pirogov Vinnytsia National Medical University
• ⁸O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv
• ⁹Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University

Summary. The branch of historical science of numismatics (from the Latin «numisma» — coin) originated in the 19th century and became closely connected with economics, politics, culture and law, it includes a thematic study of coins, medals and plaque. Best of all, the history of uronephrology is illustrated by various forms of the medalist educational art (exonum, or paranumismatics), and the medal became the prototype of the memorial coin. This work presents a catalog of more than 100 numismatic materials (including some unique, first cited), reflects the stages of development of the study of the structure and function of the connective tissue, methods for diagnosing and treating diseases, there are links to significant historical events, brief biographies of physicians who have made an invaluable contribution are mentioned into the formation of this scientific discipline.