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cine; between 1943 and 1946, he was an Intern at the Department of

Anatomy of the same institute. From 1946 to 1949, he carried out post-

graduate work at the Institute of Normal Morphology and Patheology of

the Academy of Medicine of the Soviet Union. He was first an Assistant

Professor then served as Director of the Department of Normal Anat-

omy, and as the Dean of the Tajikistan State Medical Institute between

1950 and 1957. He became a member of the Academy of Sciences of

Tajikistan in 1951, a doctor of medicine in 1967, and a professor in the

same year. He served as Minister of Health and Well-being of the Re-

public from 1957 to 1963.

Rahimov's research deals with comparative anatomy, especially with

the chest cavity of infants, as well as with the morphology of inner or-

gans in high altitude. He has studied the anatomy of 604 infants, known

as the 8 rows. His contributions include Morfologia vnutrennikh or-

ganov v usloviakh visokogor'ia (The Morphology of Internal Organs in

High Altitude Conditions, Dushanbe, 1968), and Ocherki po funktsion-

al'noi anatomii (Studies on Functional Anatomy, Dushanbe, 1982).

Rahimov was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist in 1957, and

was decorated with the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, and

the Badge of Honor.