The article is devoted to the plot of the painting of Alexander Laktionov (1910-1972) "After the surgery", stored in the Kursk art gallery n.a. A.A. Deineka. The central theme is outstanding surgeon, member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences S.S. Yudin has a casual conversation about the team work in N. V. Sklifosovsky First Aid Research Institute with his colleagues D.A. Arapov, A.A .Bocharov and B.S. Rozanov. Each of the painted surgeons made a great contribution to the military medicine. Biographical summaries and medical contribution of these surgeons are described.