For the first time it is acknowledged that the heart has four chambers and not two.
In 1543, Andreas Vesalius published “De Humani Corporis Fabrica,” a book he wrote after studying real corpses. Even the famous Leonardo Da Vinci fell for it and drew a heart with only two chambers. While studying the human anatomy “first hand” becomes more common, the reference to past publications still overshadows actual observations. Save Save Save Save Around the year 1000 ADĮven around the year 1000, the famous Persian physician Avicenna was still taking Galen’s conclusions at face value, and spreading inaccuracies in his books. Among his inaccuracies he thought the heart only had two chambers when it actually has four. His book was translated, became a best-seller worldwide and remained unquestioned for centuries.
Galen, a Roman physician, was the first to write about the human heart, saying it is the source of the body’s heat.
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