Adam Christian Thebesius
Adam Christian Thebesius | |
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Adam Christian Thebesius (January 12, 1686 – November 10, 1732) was a German
anatomist who was a native of Sandenwalde, Silesia
.
He studied medicine in
University of Leiden in 1708. During the following year, he opened a medical practice in Hirschberg, and beginning in 1715 he served as Stadtphysikus (municipal physician) in Hirschberg
, as well as a medical consultant to the nearby Warmbrunn spa.
Thebesius is known for his studies of
venae cordis minimae
, and the drainage pathway is referred to as the "Thebesian system". Two other anatomical structures that contain his name are:
- Thebesian foramina: Also known as foramina venarum minimarum or "Vieussens' foramina" after Raymond Vieussens(1635–1715). These structures are orifices of the Thebesian veins.
- Thebesian valve: The valve of the coronary sinus.
References
- Mettenleiter, A (2001). "Adam Christian Thebesius (1686-1732) and the discovery of the Vasa Cordis Minima". PMID 11925709.
- Loukas, Marios; Clarke Pamela; Tubbs R Shane; Kolbinger Walter (September 2008). "Adam Christian Thebesius, a historical perspective". PMID 17692957.
- Skalski, Janusz H (April 2008). "Myocardial infarction and angina pectoris in the history of Polish medicine. Part 1. Discovery and understanding of the disease". Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. 118 (4). PMID 18575426.
- * Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte aller Zeiten und Völker, August Hirsch, W. Haberling, F. Hübotter and H. Vierordt, eds, Volume 5, second edition, Berlin 1934, p. 543.
External links
- Biography of Adam Christian Thebesius
- Adam Christian Thebesius @ Who Named It
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