[Il'ia Vasil'evich Buial'skiĭ--collector of medical rarities]

The article presents the analyze of activity of academician of Saint-Petersburg Medical-surgical Academy Buyal'sky I.V. in sphere of collecting of memorials of medical science and practice, creation of a specialized museum of models of surgical instruments near a factory, and his activity as a painter-aquarellist. The author has paid a special attention to analyze of Buyal'sky catalogs of 1854 and 1867. of Surgical museum, consisting of things from so-called "Cabinet of professor Buyal'sky". For the first time was marked role of Buyal'sky I.V. in elaborating of principles of systematization, defining and observing of historical heritage of native medicine and industry.