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La Circulación de la Sangre : Historia de un Descubrimiento.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trainini, Jorge Carlos.
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Blood flow.
- Anatomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montevideo : Biblos, Editorial, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book explores the history of the understanding of blood circulation, tracing its development from ancient conceptions to modern scientific advancements. The authors examine contributions from Greek philosophers such as Democritus and Hippocrates, the Greco-Roman legacy of Galen, and Arab medicine, highlighting Ibn an-Nafis's discovery of pulmonary circulation. The narrative progresses through the Renaissance, featuring figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Miguel Servet, and William Harvey, whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for modern physiology. The impact of microscopy by Marcello Malpighi and further anatomical discoveries are discussed, culminating in an analysis of the circulatory system's mechanics. Written by renowned surgeons and researchers Jorge Carlos Trainini and Alejandro Trainini, this work is intended for readers interested in medical history, scientific progress, and anatomy, providing a comprehensive overview of the evolution of circulatory system knowledge. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cubierta
- Acerca de este libro
- Portada
- Índice
- Prefacio
- I. Conocimientos en la antigüedad
- Era pretécnica
- La introducción de la physis: los presocráticos
- Hipocrates de Cos
- El siglo IV a. C
- Alejandría
- II. Conjunción grecorromana
- Claudio Galeno: su vida
- El sistema de la sangre según Galeno
- III. Ibn an-Nafis: el aporte de la medicina árabe
- IV. Época moderna
- Preludio
- El Renacimiento
- Leonardo da Vinci
- V. Miguel Servet
- VI. Andrés Vesalio
- VII. La época posterior a Vesalio
- Juan Valverde
- Realdo Matteo Colombo
- Andrea Cesalpino
- VIII. Girolamo Fabrizio d’Acquapendente: las válvulas venosas
- El teatro anatómico de Padua
- IX. William Harvey
- De motu cordis: análisis
- Dedicatorias Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Trainini, Jorge Carlos La Circulación de la Sangre
- ISBN:
- 9789878143644
- OCLC:
- 1519948383
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