1564 ARANZI, Giulio Cesare [ARANZIO; ARANTIUS] (1530 – 1589)
De humano foetu.
According to Charles Singer, Aranzi gave the first adequate printed account of the gravid uterus, and finally dispelled the idea of a human cotyledonous placenta. He gave by far the best description of fetal anatomy u…
GMN 464 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1246
1587 ARANZI, Giulio Cesare [ARANZIO; ARANTIUS] (1530 – 1589)
De humano foetu liber tertio editus, ac recognitus. Eiusdem anatomicarum observationum liber: ac De tumoribus secundum locos affectos liber nunc primum editi.
First edition of Aranzi's Anatomicarum observationum published with the third edition of De humano foetu. In the Anatomicarum observationum Aranzi pointed out that the eye muscles arise from the margin of the optic ca…
GMN 7337 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9508
1700 MÉRY, Jean (1645 – 1722)
Observations sur la maniere de tailler dans les deux sexes pour l'extraction de la pierre, pratiqué par Frere Jacques. Nouveau system de la circulation du sang pour le trou ovale dans le foetus humain, avec les réponses aux objections qui ont été faites contre cette hypothese.
"Méry became closely associated with the comparative-anatomical work led by Claude Perrault and J.-G. Duverney. As a member of this group, Méry made contributions to their joint publications, in which each man’s speci…
GMN 11894 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14099
1822 KERGARADEC, Jean Alexandre le Jumeau, vicomte de (1787 – 1877)
Mémoire sur l’auscultation appliquée à l’étude de la grossesse.
Although not the first to record the auscultation of the fetal heart sound, Le Jumeau (Kergaradec), a pupil of Laennec, brought the importance of this diagnostic procedure to the notice of the medical profession. Laen…
GMN 6171 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7764
1906 CREMER, Max (1865 – 1935)
Über die direkte Ableitung der Aktionsströme des menschlichen Herzens vom Oesophagus und über das Elektrokardiogramm des Fötus.
Fetal electrocardiogram recorded. Cremer was also the first to record an electrocardiogram with an electrode in the esophagus.
GMN 843.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/624
1939 HOOKER, Davenport (1887 – 1965)
A preliminary atlas of early human fetal activity.
The first published photographic study of fetal physiology using live human fetuses. Includes 20 full-age photographic plates, each with 6-12 images (189 total). The fetuses, all between 8.5 and 14 weeks gestation, we…
GMN 14053 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16363
1970 HAMILTON, William James (1903 – 1975); BOYD, J. B.
The human placenta.
An elegantly published and illustrated monograph with extensive historical material.
GMN 11112 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13308
2005 BLAZER, Shraga; ZIMMER, Etan Z.
The embryo: Scientific discovery and medical ethics. Edited by Shraga Blazer and Etan Z. Zimmer.
Addresses 1: The beginning of life, 2: Embryonic stem cells, 3: Societal, ethical and religious views on genetic intervention in humans, 4: Genetics-From in vitro to in vivo, 5: Fetal surgical and pharmacological inte…
GMN 12556 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14795
2012 POWER, Michael L.; SCHULKIN, Jay
The evolution of the human placenta.
Chapter one is "The history of placental investigations."
GMN 12143 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14352
2013 LONGO, Lawrence D. (1926 – 2016)
The rise of fetal and neonatal physiology: Basic science to clinical care.
GMN 8697 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10874
