What was Ivan Pavlov’s first job?

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Having worked with Carl Ludwig, Ivan Pavlov’s first independent research was on the physiology of the circulatory system. From 1888 to 1890, in St. Petersburg, he investigated cardiac physiology and blood pressure regulation. He became so skillful as a surgeon that he could introduce a catheter into a dog’s femoral artery almost painlessly.