Origin Its scientific basis dates to William Harveys 1628 account of the circulation of the blood, with cardiology emerging as a distinct clinical specialty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Cardiology is the branch of medicine concerned with the heart and the circulatory system, its disorders and their diagnosis and treatment. Its scientific foundation is usually traced to William Harveys 1628 demonstration of the circulation of the blood, with the specialty itself professionalizing in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries alongside instruments such as the electrocardiograph. This atlas records what the historical record supports and is not medical advice.
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Origin PeriodIts scientific basis dates to William Harveys 1628 account of the circulation of the blood, with cardiology emerging as a distinct clinical specialty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 2 Classification
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Whose work is the scientific foundation of cardiology usually traced to?
William Harvey, in 1628.
The scientific foundation of cardiology is usually traced to William Harvey's 1628 demonstration of the circulation of the blood.
When did cardiology become a professional specialty?
In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Cardiology professionalized in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, alongside instruments such as the electrocardiograph.
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Notable Specialists
Source Albert Fraenkel (Wikipedia)
Helen B. Taussig is regarded as the founder of pediatric cardiology, co-developing the Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Ibn al-Nafis described pulmonary circulation, refuting Galen's account of the heart.
Source Ottomar Rosenbach (source article)
Werner Forssmann performed the first human cardiac catheterization, sharing the 1956 Nobel Prize for the work.
Source Willem Einthoven (Wikipedia)
William Withering discovered digitalis (foxglove) as a treatment for heart failure.
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Willem Einthoven (Wikipedia)
Ottomar Rosenbach (source article)
Notable Specialists: Ottomar Rosenbach, NDB Biographie [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Ottomar Rosenbach, NDB Biographie [specialist-in]
Ausgehend von physiologischen und pathologischen Studien der Herzerkrankungen
Albert Fraenkel (Wikipedia)
Notable Specialists: Albert Fraenkel, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Notable Specialists: Albert Fraenkel, Lead sentence [specialist-in]
championed intravenous ouabain for use in heart failure
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