Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: There were at least five prominent physicians that were considered to discover amyloid and amyloidosis in the 17th and 18th century. The physicians included Nicolaus Fontanus (Netherlands, 1639), Thomas Bartholin (Denmark, 1654), Théophile Bonet (Switzerland, 1679), Jeremiah Wainewright (England, 1722), and Antoine Portal (France, 1789). The physicians were in five different European Countries, some of whom made significant advancements in amyloidosis and amyloid-related diseases during periods of political turmoil. If the timing of their advancements had been several years earlier, there could have been different results or no results at all. Medical advances in amyloidosis and amyloid-related diseases during the 17th and 18th centuries were significantly influenced by the prevailing political climates.
Source: Academic Medicine & Surgery
DOI: 10.62186/001c.144699
Authors: Michael Turtz, Bailey Mae Bone, Andrea Ramos, Michael Dobbs
Institution: Florida Atlantic University
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415026441