[The scientific revolutions in medicine XVII-XIX centuries: the disproof of Galenism and developpment of scientific foundations of medicine. Report I. The discovery of blood circulation and system of absorbtion]

Probl Sotsialnoi Gig Zdravookhranenniiai Istor Med. 2010 Sep-Oct:(5):53-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

In the process of investigation of state and development of medicine in XVII-first half of XIX centuries the authors came to the conclusion that despite the widespread opinion among the historians of medicine in that period two scientific revolutions occurred and in the area of theoretical medicine too. The actual report is devoted to the history of revision of anatomical physiological concept of Galen in the course of first scientific revolution.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Biomedical Research / history*
  • Blood Circulation*
  • Foundations / history*
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans