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Simulators and Teaching Aids Used in Teaching Medicine

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The systemic and pulmonary circulation of blood was elucidated by William Harvey (1578–1657) and in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (On the Motion of the Heart and Blood) published in 1628 he clearly described how the pulse was caused by contraction of the ventricles [1]. Not everyone accepted his theories and Aubrey heard Harvey complain “that after his Booke of the Circulation of the Blood came out, that he fell mightily in his Pracitize, and that was believed by the vulgar that he was crack-brained.” Some scholars also doubted Harvey’s interpretation of his research and Jean Riolan (1577–1657) proposed an alternative theory in which only a small proportion of blood actually circulated [2]. Harvey wrote two essays on the circulation addressed to Riolan [1] and in the second essay Harvey described a pulse simulator that could be used to teach students.

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    The vaccinia virus used later for immunization against smallpox is different to the cowpox virus although both these viruses and variola are orthopox viruses.

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    In the eighteenth century an unseen agent that caused infectious disease was called a virus.

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    Harry Owen MBChB, FANZCA, MD

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Owen, H. (2016). Simulators and Teaching Aids Used in Teaching Medicine. In: Simulation in Healthcare Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26577-3_5

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