Avicenna′s contribution to cardiology

Auenbrugger's contribution to cardiology. History of percussion of the heart.

Percussion of the abdomen as a means of distinguishing between tympanites and ascites dates back into antiquity, but percussion of the thorax starts with Auenbrugger (Fig. I) whose Inventum Novum ex Percussione Thoracis Humani (Fig. 2) was published in I76i, the same year as Morgagni's great work on pathological anatomy. Auenbrugger's discovery of percussion was not entirely fortuitous for his ...

Brazilian contribution to a better understanding of geriatric cardiology

José C. Nicolau, Cláudia F. Gravina, Roberto A. Franken Acute Coronary Disease Unit, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, Aureliano Coutinho, 355–14 Andar, São Paulo 01224-020, Brazil Geriatric Cardiology Section, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology,Avenida Dr Dante Pazzanese 500, Ibirapuera , São Paulo 04012-180, Brazil Department of Internal Medicine, Santa Casa São Pa...

The contribution of venous catheterization and other circulatory techniques to cardiology.

In the years between the wars the emphasis in cardiology was placed on anatomical diagnosis of heart lesions, and comparatively little attention was directed to the action of the heart as a pump or to the part played by the peripheral circulation. The cardiologist was considered adequately equipped when he possessed an electrocardiogram and an X-ray screen. In recent years, however, the functio...

An Introduction to Cardiology

A Guide to Cardiology

(Pp. 340. 50S). London: Balliere, Tindall & Cassell, 1965. DURING the past decade increasing emphasis has been placed on the advantages of treating many mentally ill patients outside the walls of the psychiatric hospital and not isolating them from the community in which they became ill. This attitude has been reflected in the establishment of day hospitals and psychiatric units in general hosp...