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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

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Orifov, Amonullo

Tajik therapeutist Amonullo Yahyoevich Orifov was born in Lenin-
grad on June 23, 1932.
Orifov graduated from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in 1954.
From 1954 until 1964, he was a clinical intern, an assistant, and an As-
sociate Professor at the Department of Faculty Relations, at Tajikistan
State Medical Institute. He received his doctorate degree in medicine in
1968, and became a professor in 1969. In 1968, he became the Director
of the Department of the Internal Diseases of Pediatrics. In 1972, he be-
came the Director of the Department of Therapeutics of Hospital #2.
Orifov's research deals with the problems of cardiology, gastroen-
trology, pulmonology and radioisotope diagnoses. He studied the effects
of vitamin B6 on the livers of healthy people and those afflicted with
chronic liver dysfunction. He was the first to use radioisotherapy for
internal diseases, especially related to the liver.
Orifov died in Dushanbe on April 21, 1983.
Orzuev, Mahdi
Tajik microbiologist Mahdi Orzuev was born in the village of Bukos
in Gharm on November 25, 1933. He joined the CPSU in 1971.
Orzuev graduated from the Tajikistan State Medical Institute in
1958. In 1960, he became a doctor of epidemiology for the hospitals of
the Gharm region. From 1960 to 1975, he was a post-graduate, assis-
tant, Senior Scientific Worker, and Assistant Professor at the Depart-
ment of Microbiology. He received his doctorate in microbiology in
1975, and became a professor in 1977. In 1976, he became the Director
of the Department of Microbiology of the Tajikistan State Medical In-
stitute.
Orzuev's research deals with epidemiology, the prevention of teta-
nus, and the spread of staphylococcus in mothers and newborn children.
His written contributions include Mikroflora verkhnikh dikhatel'nikh
putei u bol'nikh revmatizmom. Diagnostika, klinika i lechenie
revmaticheskikh zabolevanii (Microflora and Breathing Methods for
Patients Afflicted with Rhumatism. Diagnosis and Clinical Treatment of
Rhumatism, 1978).
Orzuev was recognized as a Distinguished Contributor to Health
Sciences of Tajikistan.

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