1691 GERBEC, Marko [GERZEBIUS] (1658 – 1718)

Pulsus mira inconstantia.

First reported case of temporary cardiac arrest with syncopal attacks, the syndrome to which the names of Stokes (No. 2756) and Adams (No. 2745) were later attached.

GMN 2728 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4482

1698 CHIRAC, Pierre (1657 – 1732)

De motu cordis adversaria analytica.

In this pioneering experimental study of coronary function, describing the first experimental tying of a coronary vessel, Chirac demonstrated that cardiac arrest occurs in response to coronary ligation. “A special pos…

GMN 10657 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12850

1961 KOUWENHOVEN, William Bennett (1886 – 1975); JUDE, James R. (1928 – 2015); KNICKERBOCKER, G. Guy (1932 – 2022)

A new approach to cardiac resuscitation.

"The pioneers of modern cardiopulmonary resucitation describe their breakthrough technique of combining mouth-to-mouth ventilation, closed chest compressions, and transthoracic defibrillation to treat cardiac arrest" …

GMN 11671 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13872