Next Emperor,Please! No End to Retrospective Diagnostics |
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Authors: | Axel Karenberg Ferdinand Peter Moog |
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Institution: | Institute for the History of Medicine and Medical Ethics , University of Cologne , Germany |
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Abstract: | Abstract The beginning of the seventeenth century marked the start of a scientific revolution, which had consequences for medicine. Vesalius in anatomy, and Harvey in physiology, were important figures who gave the Hippocratic and Galenic traditions new impulses. In this period of change in medical thought, Nicolaas Tulp (1593–1674) wrote his ‘Observationes Medicae’ (Tulp, 1641). A controversy existed in The Netherlands, concerning the circulation, with many doctors still adhering to the Galenic tradition. The following analysis discusses some of the neurologic cases from Tulp's book, seen in the light of modern medical thought. |
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Keywords: | History of medicine (17th century) history of neurology Tulp headache stroke hydrocephalus |
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