The history of cardiology : an exhibition in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine.

  • Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine
Date:
1970
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Credit: The history of cardiology : an exhibition in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    section indicates interest in these factors over many centuries. The last quota- tion is from the first edition of Lewis's well known Diseases of the Heart (1933), on the topical subject of smoking: It were best that the cardiac patient did not smoke at all, but if they will, it must be done in very strict moderation. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF CARDIOLOGY The secondary sources for the study of the history of cardiology and related disciplines are immense. Though the guide is in no sense a review of the litera- ture, the following works are a useful introduction. HER RICK, J. B. A short history of cardiology. Springfield: C. Thomas, [1942]. WILLIUS, F. A. and KEYS, T. E. Classics of cardiology. 2 vols. New York: H. Schuman, [1961]. WILLIUS, F. A. and DRY, T. J. A history of the heart and circulation. Philadelphia: Saunders, [1948]. FISHMAN, A. P. and RICHARDS, D. W. Circulation of the blood: men and ideas. New York: O.U.P., 1964. ESCHMANN, E. W. and others. Das Herz. 2 vols. Biberach and Riss: K. Thomae, 1965-66. EAST, C. F. T. The story of heart disease (Fitzpatrick Lectures 1956-7). London: Dawson, [1957]. LEIBOWITZ, J. O. The history of coronary heart disease. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, 1970. SIEGEL, R. E. Galen's system of physiology and medicine. Basle: S. Karger, 1968. KEELE, K. D. Leonardo da Vinci on movement of the heart and blood. London: Harvey & Blythe, 1952. PAG EL, W. William Harvey's biological ideas: selected aspects and historical background. Basle: S. Karger, 1967. (An important source of references to the vast literature on the subject). DOBY, T. Discoverers of blood circulation. From Aristotle to the times of da Vinci and Harvey. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. WIGGERS, C. J. Some significant advances in cardiac physiology during the nineteenth century. Bull. Hist. Med., 1960, 34, 1-15. McKUSICK, V. A. The history of methods for the diagnosis of heart disease. Bull. Hist. Med., 1960, 34, 16-18.