The cardiovascular system in the pre-Hippocratic era

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-149

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Louis Jr , Robert G ^a   Pinyard, Jeremy ^a   Vaid, Sumreen ^a   Curry, Brian ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcmaeon; Ancient medicine; Asclepios; Cardiovascular system; Diogenes; Empedocles

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EGYPT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GREECE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANATOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; EGYPT; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 34447323333     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.122     Document Type: Review

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