Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1257

XAVIER BICHAT (1771-1802) Anatomie générale, appliquée à la physiologie et à la médecine. Chez Brosson, Gabon et Cie 1801 Pt. I: cxii, 636 pp., fold. tables; Pt. II: xxxiii, 828 pp. 20 cm.

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In the present work, Bichat presents a detailed description of the body's tissues in their healthy and diseased states. He discovered and named twenty-one kinds of tissues: nervous, vascular, mucous, serous, connective, etc., each considered elemental and having its own vital characteristic. Bichat's work had a significant impact on pathology as well as on clinical medicine. This is an important book, since it is a palpable step toward modern medicine.

Cited references: Cushing B371; Garrison-Morton 403; Osler 1301; Waller 1027; Wellcome II, p. 164