Galen, father of systematic medicine. An essay on the evolution of modern medicine and cardiology

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-58

  Pasipoularides, Ares ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galen demonstrated that the arteries contain blood and the motor power of the heart; Galen postulated arteriovenous communications or anastomoses (capillaries); Galen's concept of the motions of the blood; Galen's ebb and flow was supplanted by Harvey's circulation of blood; Galenic corpus; History of medicine

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; GREECE; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINTING; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ANATOMY; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FAMOUS PERSONS; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINTING;

EID: 84894087731     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.166     Document Type: Review

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