# Pyotr Borovsky

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**Pyotr Fokich Borovsky** (Russian: Пётр Фоки́ч Боро́вский, 8 June 1863 – 15 December 1932) was Russian and Soviet surgeon and [public health](/source/Public_health) administrator of who worked in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), professor of surgery in [Tashkent Medical Institute](/source/Tashkent_Medical_Academy).

Borovsky is credited for the first correct description of the [causative agent](/source/Leishmania) of [Oriental sore](/source/Cutaneous_leishmaniasis).[1]

## Biography

Pyotr Borovsky was born on 8 June [O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 1863 in Pogar, [Starodub](/source/Starodub) [Uyezd](/source/Uyezd), [Chernigov Governorate](/source/Chernigov_Governorate), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire). After studying medicine and specializing in surgery at [Kyiv University](/source/Taras_Shevchenko_National_University_of_Kyiv) and the [Military Medical Academy](/source/S._M._Kirov_Military_Medical_Academy) in [Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg), in 1892 he was sent to serve in Tashkent Military Hospital as head of surgical department and bacteriological laboratory.

Borovsky was one of the founders of Tashkent University Faculty of Medicine, that later became the Tashkent Medical Institute. He had been the head of Department of Hospital Surgery since 1920 and until his death in 1932. In 1927 he was awarded the [Order of the Red Banner of Labour](/source/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour) for his contributions to [public health](/source/Public_health) in [Uzbek SSR](/source/Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic).

## Oriental sore description

Borovsky became interested in exploring the aetiology of Sart sore, one of the local names for [Oriental sore](/source/Cutaneous_leishmaniasis). He microscopically examined sections of sores excised in their early stages, before they ulcerated, and was able to detect oval bodies with a [nucleus](/source/Cell_nucleus) and a small process, which were usually located inside host cells, and made the correct conclusion that the observed organisms are the causative agents of this disease, and correctly ascribed it to [Protozoa](/source/Protozoa).

Borovsky published his observations in Russian *Voenno-meditsinsky zhurnal* (*Medical-Military Journal*) in 1898.[2] Due to low circulation of that publication, his priority was internationally recognised much later.[1]

## References

1. Hoare C.A. (1938). "Early discoveries regarding the parasite of oriental sore". *Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene*. **32** (1): 67–92. [doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(38)90097-5](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(38)90097-5)

1. П. Ф. Боровский «О сартовской язве» // Военно-медицинский журнал. — 1898 год — Ч. 195 — С. 925

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