Surgery Through Art
A unique view of Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, at the crossroads of art, history, and medicine Fact checked by Catherine Gianaro Spanish priest and surgeon Miguel Servetus published in 1553 a groundbreaking book describing how blood flows through the heart and lungs. Today, this process — pulmonary circulation — is a basic […]
Ask the Harvard Experts: Details of Your Family Medical History Influence Heart Disease Risk
Q: I am filling out a form that asks for my family medical history. My father died of what we think was a heart attack at age 84. But no one else in my family had heart disease that I know of. Does that mean I check “yes” on that question? A: That’s the problem […]