Abstract

DE MICHELI, Alfredo; ITURRALDE, Pedro  and  ARANDA FRAUSTRO, Alberto. Cardiology in the Morgagni's anatomo pathological work. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2015, vol.85, n.3, pp.243-249. ISSN 1665-1731.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acmx.2014.11.002.

In the XVIII century, under the influence of the <<systematic spirit>>, characteristic of the Enlightenment age, pathological anatomy was systematized in the Morgagni's fundamental treatise De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis, published as letters in 1761. Certain biographical data of the author are reported here as well as some his more important contributions to cardiology such as the Morgagni's, Adams', Stokes' syndrome. His points of view on sudden death and his observations on post-infarct myocardial rupture, are related also. In his global evaluation of these facts, the speculative approach always predominates. Indeed, in these anatomist's works, we find a good example of the application of epistemologic principles to the medical field.

Keywords : Pathological anatomy; Anatomical-clinical method; G.B. Morgagni; Mexico.

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