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Science ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 237 (4815) ◽  
pp. 665-666
Author(s):  
Philip J. Pauly
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Scientific Medicine ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
History Of

Galen: The First Cardiac Surgeon?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Rajabnejad ◽  
Maryam Ranjbar ◽  
Mohammad Al-Attar
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Case Report ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Dark Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cardiac Surgeon

AbstractIt is widely believed that the first and the second pericardium surgeries were done in the nineteenth century by Francisco Romero and Dominique Jean Larrey, respectively; however, Galen was the first surgeon who proceeded with pericardiectomy. This ancient case report of sternum osteomyelitis and pericardiectomy illuminates some dark part of the history of medicine and the ability of physicians in that era.

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