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BiographyLetter by Dr. Alexander James, M.D. 20 August 1974 DR. ALEXANDER JAMES (JEMCHOOJNY) (As written by Nina Marzi) 1882: Born in Yaroslav, Russia. 1910: Graduated with honours at the Imperial Moscow University. (It was here that my father and mother met as students). 1910-1912: Medical Officer in charge of the Solicamsk District Hospital. 1912-1914: House Surgeon at the Surgical Clinic of the Imperial Military Academy in St Petersburg. My sister Helen was born in 1913. 1914-1917: Military Doctor of the Imperial Russian Army during World War 1. 1918-1920: Officer in charge of the Medical Corps of the Kuban Cossack Army and Deputy Minister for Health of the Kuban Government. Superintendent of all Military Hospitals and Medical Establishments of the Cossack Army. In 1919 commissioned by the Kuban Government to go to France to study modern methods of medical aid to war disabled and invalids. On return to Kuban he organised the medical aid to the limbless, including the manufacture under medical supervision of artificial limbs. 1920-1921: House Surgeon of the Military Hospital and Artificial Limbs Centre at Rostov-on-Don. Nina was born in 1921. 1921-1922: Officer in charge of the Medical Division of the Peoples Commissariat of Social Service in Moscow. 1921-1924: Orthopaedic Surgeon of the Central State Factory of Artificial Limbs in Moscow. 1924-1926: Surgeon in the Polyclinic of the Institute for Study of Workers' Occupational Diseases (Industrial Hygiene) Moscow, and simultaneously Assistant to Professor at the Surgical Clinics for Doctors Post-Graduation Courses (organised by the Moscow Health Department). 1926-1931: Head Physician of the Central Hospital of the Chinese-Eastern Railway in Harbin, Manchuria and President of the Physicians and Surgeons Association of the Chinese-Eastern Railway. 1931-1934: Private practice in own private Hospital and Polyclinic, Harbin. Private practice as GP and Specialist. 1934-1940: Moved to Tientsin, North China and established there the first Tientsin Polyclinic and Institute of Physical Methods of Treatment. There my sister married and left for the USA. 1940: Immigrated to Australia with wife and one daughter. Because our name was Jemchoojny and difficult to pronounce, the Immigration Department suggested we change our name to James, which we did. 1943-1946: He enrolled in 1943 as a full-time student in the 4th year of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and passed all examinations. (Before he was allowed to publicly practice, he had to re-register as a Doctor). (From Senior Year Book) ALEXANDER JAMES, M.D. (St. Vincent’s). To most of us one successful passage through the trials of a medical course is enough, or more than enough; but this Russian Cossack is taking a second course, in a completely foreign tongue, after thirty-five years of practice since graduating M.D. at Moscow University. Dr. James has cheerfully turned from reaping easily the fruits of a good lifetime’s work. At sixty-four, his mind is as fresh and agile as his splendidly preserved physique. We wish him the success he has earned and many more happy years in the practice of Medicine.
1952-1953: During a world trip he stayed for 9 months in the USA where he visited the Walter Read General Military Hospital in Washington DC. In the Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Department there, he delivered a talk to the doctors about the method of Mechanical Vibratory Stimulation and demonstrated his Vibrator. Unfortunately he couldn't prove the results of the method with a published article. In 1953 the same story repeated itself at the Asthma Research Council in London. This is the vicious circle he tried to escape … without published articles, Medical Institutions or experts would not pay proper attention to the method with the Vibrator, and without the attention he could not prove the outstanding results with the method. He afterwards published 7 articles (mentioned in the Introduction). 1961: After my mother's death, he wanted to give up practising medicine.
However, his asthma patients convinced him to concentrate on asthma only.
He moved to 7 Bourke Street, Wollongong and started a clinic. In 1971,
a panel of Sydney doctors conducted a preliminary investigation of his
Method. He then moved to Sydney where his health started to deteriorate.
After some operations for heart problems, his health went downhill drastically.
However, he managed to practise till the age of 92. He died at the age
of 94 on 1st August, 1976. |
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