RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN ALASKA (1784-1867).

Russian and foreign medical personnel were important to the colonization of Russian America, including much of Alaska before 1867. Materials collected from a variety of sources including archival ones allow study of the dynamics of this specific social group and its contribution to life in the Russian colonies. Because of the efforts of these medics, the health of many thousands of Russians and Natives was improved and many lives were saved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]