The Middle Ages Contributions to Cardiovascular Medicine
André Silva Ranhel|Evandro Tinoco Mesquita
The historical period called the Middle Ages, a long interval between 5th and 15th centuries, is still commonly known as Dark especially in area of health sciences. In last decades, this "classic" view Ages has been gradually modified with advances historiographical studies history science. During that Western Europe, knowledge about human body suffered regression terms anatomy physiology, predominance religious conceptions mainly diseases their treatments. Knowledge on cardiovascular system heart classically described repetition concepts developed by Galen from dissection animals his keen sense observation. However, East, Persia, was birth place lot intellectuals who preserved ancient Greeks while building new practices, 8th to 13th century. invasion Arabs North Africa Iberian Peninsula eclosion Crusades resulted greater contact East West, which turn brought arrival Arab medical knowledge, among others, 12th century Europe. Such fact contributed an extremely important change scientific leading incorporation different practices field Medicine. way teaching practicing Medicine great doctors, together hospitals foundations Koran, transformed practiced Europe definitely. objective paper describe drawn up system, its understanding therapeutic approach cardiologists surgeons.
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