A short history of cardiology. / Peter Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, P. R., author.

Series:

Clio Medica ; 40.

Clio Medica ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cardiology--History.

Cardiology.

Cardiovascular system--Diseases--History.

Cardiovascular system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Brill | Rodopi 1997

Atlanta, Georgia : Rodopi, [1997]

Summary:

The story told in this book begins in about 1700, when the first attempts were made to study the diseased heart in life (the subject matter of cardiology), as distinct from its appearance after death; it ends, rather arbitrarily, in 1970. The account of the development of knowledge of heart disease is mainly chronological with emphasis on the fruitful consequences of the cross-fertilization of clinical practice with pathological anatomy at the beginning of the nineteenth century and with physiology at the end. In addition, shorter chapters deals with such topics as specific disease entities, methods of investigation, cardiac surgery and the work of two individuals - Peter Latham, an example of a physician practising with today's clinical skills but a very imperfect knowledge of the pathogenesis of heart disease and Etienne Marey, an early exponent of the clinical physiology which would, in time, throw light on that pathogenesis.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P.R. Fleming

Acknowledgements / P.R. Fleming

Preface / P.R. Fleming

Clinical Discipline Emerges: 1680–1760 / P.R. Fleming

Ffelenge the Powllse / P.R. Fleming

The Causes of Heart Disease Become Clearer: 1760–1819 / P.R. Fleming

Congenital Heart Disease / P.R. Fleming

Ischaemic Heart Disease: The First Phase / P.R. Fleming

Rheumatic Heart Disease / P.R. Fleming

Physical Signs and Physiology: 1819–60 / P.R. Fleming

Auscultation / P.R. Fleming

‘Heart’ Latham / P.R. Fleming

The Beginnings of Clinical Science: 1860–1900 / P.R. Fleming

Etienne Jules Marey / P.R. Fleming

Infective Endocarditis / P.R. Fleming

The Arrival of the New Cardiology: 1900–40 / P.R. Fleming

Ischaemic Heart Disease: Prelude to an Epidemic / P.R. Fleming

Hypertensive Heart Disease / P.R. Fleming

The End of Therapeutic Nihilism: 1940–70 / P.R. Fleming

The Investigation of Heart Disease / P.R. Fleming

Cardiac Surgery / P.R. Fleming

Index / P.R. Fleming.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41850-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004418509 DOI