1837 SOBERNHEIM, Joseph Friedrich (1803 – 1846)

Akute idiopathische Herzentzündung. In his: Praktische Diagnostik, pp. 118-20

Sobernheim first used the term “myocarditis.”

GMN 2750 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4637

1898 RUMMO, Gaetano (1853 – 1917)

Sulla cardioptosi; primo abbozzo anatomo-clinico.

Rummo drew attention to a downward displacement of the heart – “Rummo’s disease”.

GMN 2809 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3452

1899 FIEDLER, Carl Ludwig Alfred (1835 – 1921)

Ueber akute interstitielle Myokarditis.

“Fiedler’s myocarditis”.

GMN 2809.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3462

1904 ASCHOFF, Karl Albert Ludwig (1866 – 1942)

Zur Myocarditisfrage.

In his work on rheumatic myocarditis, Aschoff described the characteristic lesion (Aschoff body or nodule) and presented a histopathological picture of myocarditis that was to exert a great influence on the classifica…

GMN 2816 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3493