professor Valiashko

“Science without practice is dead, and practice without science is blind and dangerous.” Mykola Ovksentiyovych Valiashko (March 20, 1871 – January 25, 1955). 84 years Mykola Valiashko is a seminal figure who effectively transformed Ukrainian pharmacy from a craft-based “herbalism” into a fundamental academic science. As the first rector of the Kharkiv Pharmaceutical Institute, he…