TY - JOUR
T1 - Michael Servetus (1511-1553)
T2 - Physician and heretic who described the pulmonary circulation
AU - Bosmia, Anand
AU - Watanabe, Koichi
AU - Shoja, Mohammadali M.
AU - Loukas, Marios
AU - Tubbs, R. Shane
PY - 2013/7/31
Y1 - 2013/7/31
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the life of the physician and theologian Michael Servetus and to discuss his analysis of the pulmonary circulation. Writers have praised Servetus for his commitment to educating his colleagues about what he heralded as the truth, and criticized him for his perceived arrogance. Servetus made contributions to the fields of geography, astrology, theology, and medicine. This paper refers to the translation of a portion of Servetus' book Christianismi Restitutio by Charles D. O'Malley.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the life of the physician and theologian Michael Servetus and to discuss his analysis of the pulmonary circulation. Writers have praised Servetus for his commitment to educating his colleagues about what he heralded as the truth, and criticized him for his perceived arrogance. Servetus made contributions to the fields of geography, astrology, theology, and medicine. This paper refers to the translation of a portion of Servetus' book Christianismi Restitutio by Charles D. O'Malley.
KW - Anatomy
KW - Heart
KW - History
KW - Pulmonary circulation
KW - Religion
KW - Spain
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.046
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.046
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22748500
AN - SCOPUS:84879083407
SN - 0167-5273
VL - 167
SP - 318
EP - 321
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
IS - 2
ER -