A Short History of Cardiology

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-420-0057-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 40, 241 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Reihe: Clio Medica

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fleming, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Clinical Discipline Emerges: 1680-1760

2 Ffelenge the Powllse

3 The Causes of Heart Disease Become Clearer: 1760-1819

4 Congenital Heart Disease

5 Ischaemic Heart Disease: The First Phase

6 Rheumatic Heart Disease

7 Physical Signs and Physiology: 1819-1860

8 Auscultation

9 ‘Heart' Latham

10 The Beginnings of Clinical Science: 1860-1900

11 Etienne Jules Marey

12 Infective Endocarditis

13 The Arrival of the New Cardiology: 1900-1940

14 Ischaemic Heart Disease: Prelude to an Epidemic

15 Hypertensive Heart Disease

16 The End of Therapeutic Nihilism: 1940-1970

17 The Investigation of Heart Disease

18 Cardiac Surgery

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Peter Fleming was a consultant cardiologist for many years, and in addition, had an interest in methods of assessment in medical education. He was among the first to obtain the Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries and has lectured on the history of cardiology on many occasions.