The development of physical diagnosis: Historical perspectives.
10.35460/2546-1621.2022-sp04
- Author:
Isaias A. LANZONA
1
,
2
Author Information
1. Professor and Former Chairman, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas
2. Consultant, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UST Hospital
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Physical Diagnosis
- MeSH:
Medical History Taking;
Percussion
- From:
Journal of Medicine University of Santo Tomas
2022;6(S1):25-31
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The history of physical diagnosis started with Hippocrates and his school. History taking, inspection, palpation, and sometimes immediate auscultation and examination of the urine are fundamental diagnostic tools. The Hippocratic Corpus and Galen’s authoritative theoretical writings dominate medical thinking for over 1000 years. Clinical examination advances through Vesalius and Morgagni’s discoveries of human dissection (1543) and pathologic anatomy (1761) respectively. The Vienna school through Auenbrugger introduces percussion in 1760. The Paris school formally establishes physical diagnosis with the invention of the stethoscope by Laennec in 1816.
- Full text:JMUST S1 5.pdf
