The first national guide to pediatric traumatology and its author N.G. Dam’e

The article discusses the content of the first Russian manual on pediatric traumatology and the key points of the biography and work of its author N.G. Dam’e. The introduction of the article briefly outlines the history of the creation of the first Russian guidelines on traumatology for adult patients. Of greatest interest may be the first part of the work, which presents previously unpublished reviews of both editions of the book, as well as the text of Nikolai Grigorievich's handwritten autobiography. In the second part of the article, on the basis of archival documents, the stage of N.G. Dam’e as a military field surgeon during the Great Patriotic War. And in the final part, the role of N.G. Damier in creating an original school of pediatric trauma surgeons.