The book of stories about patients is based on the author’s personal medical experience, on his memories and consists of five chapters - previously published in separate editions (in 2012 - 1913). The author covers with his narration observations concerning patients mainly with diseases of internal organs , as well as with infectious and post-traumatic pathology. The book includes stories about more than 120 patients. Observations relate to different periods of the author’s work: the time of his studies at the Military Medical Academy named after. S.M. Kirov in Leningrad (1950–1956), service in the Ryazan Parachute Regiment (1956–1962), work in various military hospitals, including in Kabul and Yerevan (1987–1989) , in clinics and hospitals in Leningrad, Samara and Saratov and cover more than 60 years. A special feature of the descriptions is the form of stories about patients and the events of the time when these patients lived, which gives the materials presented a textbook character. The stories are written from the author's memory. Some of his observations were published by him earlier (“Kabul Diary of a Military Doctor”, Saratov, 1996, “Armenian Tragedy”, Saratov, 1996, etc.). This refers to the pathology that he observed in combat and emergency situations. The book is intended for general practitioners, including higher education specialists, general practitioners, military doctors, senior students of medical universities and ordinary readers.