Monografiya posvyashchena deyatel'nosti doktorov meditsiny v Penzenskoy gubernii, nachinaya s kontsa XVII veka i do nashikh dney. Mnogie iz nikh rodilis' v Penzenskoy gubernii, mnogie trudilis' na Penzenskoy zemle i prodolzhali zanimat'sya nauchnymi issledovaniyami. Eto tselyy plast lyudey, sdelavshikh znachitel'nyy vklad v razvitie ne tol'ko meditsinskoy nauki, no i proslavivshikh Penzenskuyu guberniyu, Rossiyu. Kniga napisana v raschete na zainteresovannost' kraevedov-professionalov Penzenskoy, Saratovskoy, Tambovskoy oblastey, a takzhe respubliki Mordoviya, territorii kotorykh v raznoe vremya vkhodili v sostav Penzenskoy gubernii. Kniga takzhe predstavit interes dlya meditsinskogo soobshchestva.