The article considers evaluation of works of colleagues and contemporaries of N. P. Kravkov, the creator of "Russian narcosis" with hedonal. The hidden and explicit, objective and subjective factors that prevented spreading of application of discovery of Russian scientists, both in Russia and abroad, are established. The dependence of self-esteem of Russian surgeons of XIX - early XX centuries on recognition of their scientific efforts in Germany is emphasized.
Keywords: A. P. Eremich; N. P. Kravkov; S. P. Fedorova; general intravenous anesthesia; hedonal; history of medicine.