de Micheli Alfredo, Iturralde Pedro, Aranda Fraustro Alberto
Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F., México.
Departamento de Electrocardiología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F., México.
Arch Cardiol Mex. 2015 Jul-Sep;85(3):243-9. doi: 10.1016/j.acmx.2014.11.002. Epub 2015 Apr 8.
In the XVIII century, under the influence of the "systematic spirit", characteristic of the Enlightenment age, pathological anatomy was systematized in the Morgagni's fundamental treatise De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis, published as letters in 1761. Certain biographical data of the author are reported here as well as some his more important contributions to cardiology such as the Morgagni's, Adams', Stokes' syndrome. His points of view on sudden death and his observations on post-infarct myocardial rupture, are related also. In his global evaluation of these facts, the speculative approach always predominates. Indeed, in these anatomist's works, we find a good example of the application of epistemologic principles to the medical field.
在18世纪，受启蒙时代特有的“系统精神”影响，病理解剖学在莫尔加尼的基础论著《论疾病的部位和病因——通过解剖学研究》中得以系统化，该论著于1761年以书信形式发表。这里报告了作者的某些生平资料以及他对心脏病学的一些更重要贡献，比如莫尔加尼 - 亚当斯 - 斯托克斯综合征。还讲述了他对猝死的观点以及对心肌梗死后心肌破裂的观察。在对这些事实的整体评估中，思辨方法始终占主导地位。的确，在这位解剖学家的著作中，我们发现了将认识论原则应用于医学领域的一个很好的例子。
