Nikolay Artemov

Nikolai Mikhaylovich Artemov (24 January 1908 to 2 December 2005) was a Soviet Russian physiologist who held the doctorate Doktor Nauk in biological sciences, awarded in 1969, and was an honorary professor at the N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod. He is known as the founder of scientific apitherapy, the use of bee products and venom in treatment. In 1957 the USSR Ministry of Health sanctioned the use of bee venom in the treatment of certain ailments, and the document that set out the method, the Instruction for Bee Sting Venom Apitherapy, was written by Artemov together with Professor G. P. Zaytsev of the 2nd MSMI. His page also lists zootoxinology, the study of animal venoms, among his fields, names Tula as his birthplace and gives Khachatour Koshtoyants as his academic advisor.