institution
Medical Board (Vrachebnaya Uprava)
medical board
also: врачебная управа, vrachebnaya uprava
A provincial board overseeing medical and sanitary administration in imperial Russia; its clerks shared the reputation of consistory secretaries for petty, self-serving bureaucracy, making the two a stock satirical pairing.
Reading notes
- Not Corruptive Thoughts §2 medical boards
The vrachebnaya uprava, a provincial board overseeing medical and sanitary administration in imperial Russia; its clerks (pismovoditeli) shared the consistory secretaries' reputation for petty, self-interested bureaucracy.