[Status of pathological anatomy in the socialist and people's democracy countries]

The state of pathological anatomy in the SRV, GDR, PPR, PRB, HRP, CSSR, SFRYu is described on the basis of the literature, and some information on the development of this science in the USSR is presented. The materials of the International Symposium of representatives of the Societies of pathologists of the socialist countries (Berlin, March, 1979) have been used.