Teoria pulsu w starożytności
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2021
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Rytmiczny ruch naczyń, polegający na rozciąganiu i skurczu ich ścian, na skutek mechanicznego działania tłoczonej przez serce krwi dostarcza wiele istotnych informacji o pracy naszego serca, naszym samopoczuciu, emocjach. Już w starożytności doceniano jego znaczenie dla oceny mierzalnych parametrów życiowych. Nie wszystkie jednak imiona starożytnych medyków zajmujących się tą tematyką są znane i uwzględniane w narracji historii medycyny. Praxagoras, Herofilus, czy Eratistratos to imiona wielkich lekarzy, którzy w znacznym stopniu przyczynili się do badań nad pulsem, a których dzieła stały się postawą do dalszych badań nad pulsem przez Galena jego następców. Marcellinus, medyk nieznany do niedawna w historii medycyny, mocno akcentował w swoim traktacie konieczność połączenia teorii i praktyki w kształceniu przyszłych lekarzy. Jego zdaniem nauka praktyczna, pozwalała dopracować umiejętność prawidłowej oceny i sposobu mierzenia tętna, które najlepiej było wyczuwalne w nadgarstku. To właśnie dzięki zapomnianym starożytnym badaczom, znanym często tylko z przekazów ich kontynuatorów medycyna starożytna uczyniła mierzenie pulsu podstawowym narzędziem diagnozy pomocnym dla określenia problemów zdrowotnych pacjenta.
The rhythmic movement of the vessels, involving stretching and contraction of their walls, as a result of the mechanical action of the blood pumped by the heart, provides a lot of important information about the work of our heart, our well-being and emotions. Already in antiquity, its importance for the assessment of measurable life parameters was appreciated. However, not all the names of ancient physicians dealing with this subject are known and included in the narrative of the history of medicine. Praxagoras, Herophilus, and Eratistratos are the names of great physicians who contributed significantly to the study of the pulse, and whose works became the basis for further research on the pulse by Galen of his successors. Marcellinus, a physician that was actually "invisible" in the history of medicine until recently, strongly emphasized in his treatise the need to combine theory and practice in educating future doctors. In his opinion, practical science allowed to refine the ability to correctly assess and measure the heart rate, which was best felt on the wrist. It is ancient medicine that made pulse measurement the basic tool for diagnosing and determining the patient's health problems.
The rhythmic movement of the vessels, involving stretching and contraction of their walls, as a result of the mechanical action of the blood pumped by the heart, provides a lot of important information about the work of our heart, our well-being and emotions. Already in antiquity, its importance for the assessment of measurable life parameters was appreciated. However, not all the names of ancient physicians dealing with this subject are known and included in the narrative of the history of medicine. Praxagoras, Herophilus, and Eratistratos are the names of great physicians who contributed significantly to the study of the pulse, and whose works became the basis for further research on the pulse by Galen of his successors. Marcellinus, a physician that was actually "invisible" in the history of medicine until recently, strongly emphasized in his treatise the need to combine theory and practice in educating future doctors. In his opinion, practical science allowed to refine the ability to correctly assess and measure the heart rate, which was best felt on the wrist. It is ancient medicine that made pulse measurement the basic tool for diagnosing and determining the patient's health problems.
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puls, historia medycyny, starożytność, pulse, history of medicine, antiquity
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"Vox Patrum", 2021, T. 78, s. 7-24