Leo Sissermann – a lifetime of service to patients and a facet in the history of medicine in the Caucasus

This article is a sequel to a recent article by S.B. Manyshev in this publication, which dealt with the life and work of Leo Sissermann, a medical doctor who was born in Austria, practiced for the large part of his career on the territory of modern-day Ukraine and moved to the Caucasus relatively late in life. He became a senior resident at the Pyatigorsk Military Hospital and developed a strong interest in balneology, the study of the effect of mineral waters on human health. The main milestones in the history of Pyatigorsk, the development of the Caucasian Mineral Waters and their scientific study are briefly outlined as background to the work of Dr Sissermann. Brief outlines are given of the lives of Leo Sissermann’s sons