The Birth of Cardiology: The Golden Decade

William Harvey ’s1 momentous discovery and description of the circulation in 1628 is appropriately considered to be one of the great scientific achievements of the high Renaissance. It led to a relatively small number of scattered observations of cardiovascular structure, function, and disease over the following two centuries. One important clinical advance during this period was the stethoscope developed by Laennec2 in 1819, which enhanced examination of the heart and lungs.
Source: European Heart Journal - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research