Eduard Ludyansky

Eduard Averyanovich Ludyansky (1931 to 1995) was a Russian neurologist, acupuncturist and apitherapist, Doctor of Medical Sciences. He graduated with honors from the Izhevsk State Medical Academy in 1954 and studied at the Kazan State Medical Academy in 1958. From 1962 he headed the Department of Neurology at the Vologda Regional Hospital and, until 1992, served as Chief Neurologist of the Vologda Oblast. He defended his candidate thesis in 1975 and in 1995 a doctoral thesis on apitherapy in neurology. From 1990 he sat on the board of the All-Russian Society of Neurologists. His most famous book is Guide to Apitherapy (1994). This entry records his career and is not medical advice.