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T O Cheng

Publications and source records attributed to T O Cheng.

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PubMed2001

Leo Eloesser: an American cardiothoracic surgeon in China.

We present a brief historical vignette about one of the pioneer cardiothoracic surgeons, Leo Eloesser, from our personal recollections and descriptions of part of his long life that was spent in China. Although this article deals mainly with his time in China during his close association with the senior author, Dr Eloesser is certainly one of the most extraordinary surgeons of the 20th century.

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PubMed2001

Hippocrates, cardiology, Confucius and the Yellow Emperor.

Although Hippocrates (460-c.375 BC) has been traditionally recognized as the Father of Medicine, the fact that he was seminal in the development of cardiology is much less well known. Evidence is presented to support the notion that Hippocrates could also be considered the Father of Cardiology. Hippocrates also had many of the teachings and practices in common with Confucius (c.551-c.479 BC) and the Yellow Emperor of China (2695-2589 BC). Whereas Confucius was not a physician, the Yellow Emperor was an ancient Chinese physician whose Huang Di Neijing, the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine, is the oldest known treatise of medicine in existence.

Cardiology↗
PubMed2001

Hippocrates and cardiology.

BACKGROUND: Although Hippocrates has been traditionally recognized worldwide as the father of medicine, the fact that he was seminal in the development of cardiology is much less well appreciated. Therefore his role in forming the foundation of scientific practice of cardiology needs to be defined. METHODS: This article was based on a personal 3-day visit in 1999 to the island of Kos, the birthplace of Hippocrates, and further research on the subject on return to the United States. RESULTS: Considering the fact that all the references to the heart and diseases of the heart were recorded almost 2500 years ago at a time when knowledge of anatomy was fragmentary and pathophysiology practically nonexistent, Hippocrates had truly accomplished a remarkable task in describing the various disorders of the heart and blood vessels, defining the methods of diagnosis and treatment, and outlining the prognostic factors and preventive measures. CONCLUSIONS: Hippocrates was the pioneer in carefully documenting and thoughtfully interpreting case studies, an essential prerequisite to the coupling of clinical, physiologic, and pathologic features of diseases in the practice of cardiology that characterized the beginning of modern scientific medicine in the Renaissance.

Cardiology↗