Andreas Vesalius’ Tabulae anatomicae sex (1538) and the Seal of the American College of Cardiology

According to him, the physiology of human body was based on 4 “humors”—blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile—and 3 spirits or “pneuma”—natural, vital, and animal. [...]the arterial blood with vital spirit was filtered by a network of vessels—called “rete mirabile”—at the base of brain, supposed to ex...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2014-02, Vol.63 (7), p.694-695
Main Authors: Zampieri, Fabio, PhD, Basso, Cristina, MD, PhD, Thiene, Gaetano, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy & physiology
Cardiology
Cardiology - history
Cardiovascular
Heart
Heart - anatomy & histology
Heart - physiology
History, 16th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Internal Medicine
Lung - anatomy & histology
Lung - physiology
Lungs
Physiology
Pulmonary Veins - anatomy & histology
Pulmonary Veins - physiology
Societies, Medical - history
United States
Veins & arteries
Vesalius
Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64)
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Summary:According to him, the physiology of human body was based on 4 “humors”—blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile—and 3 spirits or “pneuma”—natural, vital, and animal. [...]the arterial blood with vital spirit was filtered by a network of vessels—called “rete mirabile”—at the base of brain, supposed to exist in humans, where the animal spirit (the “soul”), responsible for cognitive functions, was produced. [...]in the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica, Vesalius seemed to be quite doubtful, claiming he was unable to see these hypothetic pores: [...]we are compelled to astonishment at the industry of the Creator who causes the blood to sweat from the right ventricle into the left through passages which escape our sight (3).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.031