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History of diaphragm physiology: the achievements of Galen
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Galen (129-200 AD) produced a large written output which was to remain one of the major basis of clinical medicine for centuries. His contribution to respiration, reported in his own books and in those of Oribasius, was that of a chest physician and of an experimental physiologist.
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“Galen's most important books on respiration”
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“In chapter 3, he describes how to cut the intercostal muscles, one layer at a time, beginning on dead animals and developing the skill until it could be used on live animals [11].”
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- Not matchedcites [11] 11. Frank RG Jr. Harvey and the Oxford Physiologists. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1980.
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“He then describes in detail the nerve supply of the diaphragm, from spinal roots C3 to C6 [23]”
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- Not matchedcites [23] 23. Galen. On the Usefulness of Breathing (De usu respira- tionis). Book V, Chap. 9. In: Galen on respiration and the arteries. Translations by D.J. Furley and J.S. Wilkie. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1989.
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“Taking a second animal and cutting the cervical nerveroots to the diaphragm, I immobilised the lower thorax at once while the intercostals remained active.”
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
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“He explains exactly how to perform an experiment in which all the external intercostals are cut through, leaving intact the nerves, arteries, internal intercostals and pleural membrane.”
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“For many of his experiments, he chose a large pig with a strong voice, and used the loudness of its cries to monitor activity of the organs that generate voice and respiration.”
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“He described in minute details how to perform a remarkable series of experiments by which he demonstrated the anatomy and function of the respiratory muscles.”
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“A skillful clinician, Galen applied his theories of the analysis of problems at the bedside, particularly in patients affected with dyspnoea which he attributed to respiratory muscle dysfunction.”
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“Galen had modified Erasistratus's theory substantially by proving the arteries contained blood rather than air [7,8].”
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- Not matchedcites [7] 7. Siegel RE. Galen's System of Physiology and Medicine. Basel, S. Karger, 1968.
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- Not matchedcites [8] 8. Galen. On Anatomical Procedures (De Anatomicus Administrationibus). Book VII, Chap. 16, pp. 642-650, Kuhn. Translated with an introduction and notes by C. Singer. London, Oxford University Press, 1956.
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“He described the actions of the diaphragm and how it moves the rib cage, in a series of spinal chord sections and muscle denervations.”
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“In fact, for Galen the air did not really provide extra fuel for the flame.It only provided a mechanism to regulate the combustion of the substrate by guiding the flame in an upward or downward direction and by adjusting the degree of warmth, which allowed the flame to be maintained.”
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“He taught physicians to observe motion of the chest wall to see which respiratory muscles were in use, and analysed dyspnoea according to a logic that began with observing which muscles were being used [29,30].”
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- Not matchedcites [29] 29. De Troyer A. Respiratory muscle action. In: Handbook of Physiology. Section 3, Vol. III. Mechanics of Breathing. Part 2. Macklem PT, Mead J, eds. Bethesda, American Physiological Society, 1986.
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“In other experiments and arguments, he showed conclusively that muscles were the major sources of movement, that they generated force in the direction of their fibres by contracting while thickening, that they could not actively extend themselves, and that they were disabled by cutting their nerves or their attachments [20].”
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- Not matchedcites [20] 20. Galen. On the Affected Parts (De Locis Affectis). Translated by R.F. Siegel. Basel, S. Karger, 1976; Book IV, Chapter 7.
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“When, however, the animal inhales with the aid of the upper muscles, the movement is plainly visible along the entire shoulder-blades as far as the top of the shoulder.But when it breathes with the diaphragm alone, the hypochondria swell at each inhalation and contract at each exhalation, the parts at the shoulder-blades remaining motionless.When only the intercostals are called into play, the”
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
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“When the spinal cord was severed at the beginning of the thorax, which is between the 7th and 8th vertebrae, the animal fell and lay on its side, the lower parts of the thorax being moved by the diaphragm alone, which an animal uses for shallow breathing only.When, however, it needs to fetch deeper breaths, whether by reason of exhaustion, or fever, or because of the heat, or for some bodily dist”
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
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“Among his detailed clinical histories is one about an athlete named Secundus, with a weak diaphragm, whose breathing he improved by putting a girdle around the hypochondrium, and one about a man who lost the function of his diaphragm after being kicked in the abdomen by a horse [29].”
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- Not matchedcites [29] 29. De Troyer A. Respiratory muscle action. In: Handbook of Physiology. Section 3, Vol. III. Mechanics of Breathing. Part 2. Macklem PT, Mead J, eds. Bethesda, American Physiological Society, 1986.
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- Not matchedcites [28] 28. Duchenne de Boulogne GBA. Recherches électro- physiologiques, pathologiques et thérapeutiques sur le diaphragme. Paris, Félix Matteste, 1853.
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“When the cord was cut at the beginning of the back, you will remember that the animal at once lay on its side, moving both parts of the thorax, the higher and lower but not the middle for, because of the need to inhale more deeply, the diaphragm alone did not suffice.”
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
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“He concludes the arrangement allows the ribs to protect both liver and diaphragm from injury [22].”
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- Not matchedcites [22] 22. Grmek MD. La première révolution biologique. Paris, Payot, 1990.
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“You observed the animal, when the spinal cord was severed at the beginning of the back, falling down at once, lying on its side, remaining dumb, and its thorax devoid of movement, except below where it is moved by the action of the diaphragm.Also, you observed that the movement of the parts of the thorax is more clearly seen when all the surrounding skin has been removed.All the intercostal mus”
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
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“In the biological analogy, inspired air brought no new material to the innate heat, whose substrate was blood.As with the flame, the air produced movement and cooling needed to keep the innate heat in good order.Its action was only dynamic and qualitative.”
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“If the intercostal and neck accessories were active, he reasoned that either the innate heat was overactive (fever or exercise), or the airways were obstructed, or some of the respiratory muscles were weak.”
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- Not matchedcites [29] 29. De Troyer A. Respiratory muscle action. In: Handbook of Physiology. Section 3, Vol. III. Mechanics of Breathing. Part 2. Macklem PT, Mead J, eds. Bethesda, American Physiological Society, 1986.
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- Not matchedcites [5] 5. Debru A. La pensée physiologique. Doctrines et langages de la respiration chez Galien dans le monde greco-romain. Paris, Thèse, 1990.
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“So with the animal in this condition, as you know, I again cut the origins of the nerves descending into the diaphragm.Immediately the movement of the lower thorax ceased and the high muscles were forced into action, and the upper region of the thorax was clearly seen being dilated by them”
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- Not matchedcites [17] 17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
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“He expounds at some length the problem of how the lungs, supposed to be passive, could be expanded by a chest wall which is not attached to them:”
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- Not matchedcites [27] 27. Bert P. Leçon sur la physique comparée de la respiration. Paris, J.B. Baillière et fils, 1870.
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“He considered that dyspnoea could result when the diaphragm is either pulled downwards or put under pressure.”
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- Not matchedcites [29] 29. De Troyer A. Respiratory muscle action. In: Handbook of Physiology. Section 3, Vol. III. Mechanics of Breathing. Part 2. Macklem PT, Mead J, eds. Bethesda, American Physiological Society, 1986.
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“Interfering with these nerves, he found, suppressed not only the voice but also the power of expiration [15].”
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- Not matchedcites [15] 15. Galen. On the Causes of Breathing (De Causis Respira- tionis). In: Galen on respiration and the arteries. Transla- tions by D.J. Furley and J.S. Wilkie. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1989.
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“He rejected many of the metaphysical ideas of respiration that were current at the time, but accepted the dominating force of the”
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“The diaphragm, however, though lower than the intercostals, is not paralysed, because the origin of its nerves is above the thorax.”
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“He thought inspired air, or pneuma, permeated the wall of the pulmonary vein, mingled with blood and went into the left ventricle.There it met newly formed blood from the liver, that had crossed through the interventricular septum.”
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“He investigated the passive or active nature of expiration and made fine observations of lung movements through the exposed pleural space.”
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“The muscle investigations were performed in the 19th century by BEAU and MAISSIAT [36], BERT [37] and DUCHENNE de Boulogne [38] and again in the last part of this century.”
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“His remarkable work on the diaphragm was not quoted again in any detail until the 18th century, and the experiments themselves were regularly forgotten and repeated in one form or another.”
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“Many scholars preferred the authority of Aristotle's view from 400 yrs earlier that the heart imparts motion to the lungs, which then expand and force the chest to follow them.”
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“He said there was no change in bag volume or in the condition of the subject over some hours, and concluded that vital combustion did not consume significant amounts of air.”
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“His own example and teaching emphasized that biological concepts need to be verified by observation, and can be challenged and modified.”
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“Following concepts from Aristotle's physics, Galen deduced that since air was not absorbed quantitatively, there was a peculiar quality of the pneuma that was absorbed by the body in the process of respiration:”
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“He made repeated observations over several days on the behaviour of her pulse when the actor's name was mentioned, and controlled the experiment by introducing the names of other actors [1].”
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- Not matchedcites [1] 1. Moraux P. Galien de Pergame. Les Belles Lettres. Paris, 1985.
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“He greatly clarified the description and analysis of all these experiments by introducing a classification of breathing movements that separated inspiration from expiration and quiet respiration from forced respiration.”
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“In an addendum to this discussion, however, he noted the possibility that air could be consumed and then replaced by fumes.”
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“Thus, he cut a half or three quarters of the expiratory intercostal muscles of a pig, and noted that the loudness of the animal's cries was reduced by a half or three quarters.”
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“When Galen demonstrated the function of the laryngeal nerves by dissecting them out and cutting them, his opponent denied the validity of his proof on the ground that the evidence of the senses was not reliable.”
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“He identified all the important respiratory muscles, including those of the larynx, and discovered and described the motor innervation of each one.”
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“Using this information as a blueprint, he conducted an extensive and systematic series of ablation experiments, that showed amongst other things what happens when the diaphragm is paralysed, and, on the other hand, what happens when all the other respiratory muscles are disabled, leaving the diaphragm to contract alone.”
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“Galen did use some quantitative reasoning and was skilled in mathematics, but the main emphasis was on proportions rather than absolute values [5].”
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- Not matchedcites [5] 5. Debru A. La pensée physiologique. Doctrines et langages de la respiration chez Galien dans le monde greco-romain. Paris, Thèse, 1990.
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“He also discusses at some length the old theme of a link between the diaphragm and the brain in”
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“Since the purpose of the diaphragm is to move the rib cage, the insertion is on the ribs, and the”
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“He described the interaction between the lungs and chest wall and developed the concept of interaction between ribcage and abdominal muscles in maintaining the position of the diaphragm, showing a clear understanding of the principle that the diaphragm can move upward during an isovolume manoeuvre as long as the ribcage is allowed to expand.”
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“The much lengthier text from which he is quoting [26] shows a clear understanding of the principle that the diaphragm can move upward during an isovolume manoeuvre, as long as the rib cage is allowed to expand.”
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- Not matchedcites [26] 26. Beau JHS, Maissiat JH. Recherche sur le mécanisme des mouvements respiratoires. Arch Gen Med 1843; 4ème série I: 265-295.
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“This was apparently not a complete account of his view, however, because the diaphragm is listed as being used in some circumstances in quiet expiration in”
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- Not matchedcites [19] 19. Oribasius. Oeuvres d'Oribase. Traduit par C. Daremberg et E. Busemaker. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1851-1876. English translations by W.A. Whitelaw. Chap. 42 of an unnumbered book "Motion of the Lungs and Thorax". 28. Ibid. Chap. 43, of an unnumbered book "The Cause of Respiration".
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“Galen's explanation of expulsive efforts indicates that this concept was not understood by him and, in fact, was not available in his day.”
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- Not matchedcites [26] 26. Beau JHS, Maissiat JH. Recherche sur le mécanisme des mouvements respiratoires. Arch Gen Med 1843; 4ème série I: 265-295.
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“In the case of the respiratory pump, however, Galen's anatomical dissections, whole-animal experiments and clinical studies were conceived in astonishingly modern terms, were carried out very systematically, and led to conclusions that are now considered largely correct.”
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“Much of what Oribasius wrote about respiratory physiology can be found in the extant works of Galen, but he probably quotes as well from Galen's lost books”
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“He asked somewhat different sorts of questions from our current ones: his demonstrations showed very clearly what the diaphragm did but not how it did it, a deficiency for which he was to be reproached 1,200 yrs later by Vesalius, who lived in an age of engineers.”
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“All these experiments, however, lacked precise measurements of quantity of gas, just as his respiratory muscle experiments lacked quantitative measurements of expansion by length, circumference or volume, of force or pressure, or even of respiratory rate.”
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“Ideas of measurement and quantification in biological studies were so rudimentary throughout antiquity that the introduction of measuring devices is considered a major feature of the revolution in biological thinking at the time of the Renaissance [32].”
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“To keep his reputation from perishing, Galen was obliged to proclaim his results through repeated public demonstrations, and to defend his theories in debates against the many vigorous contending sects who accepted neither his conclusions nor the theory of knowledge and evidence that led to them.”
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“Lack of a good nomenclature was a real limitation to the powers of anatomical description.”
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“An important quantitative question of the day was whether respiration required the consumption of air.”
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“Barriers to performance of human autopsies prevented clinicopathological studies.”
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“Although Galen's respiratory investigations may resemble modern work to an astonishing degree, he was not, of course, a modern physiologist.He had not been provided with the concepts of physics, such as pressure, volume, flow, tension and force, that are fundamental to current analysis of muscle mechanics.”
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“The attacks of his rivals may have limited his vision to some extent, and the need to make a convincing public show may have governed his choice of fields for investigation [5].”
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- Not matchedcites [5] 5. Debru A. La pensée physiologique. Doctrines et langages de la respiration chez Galien dans le monde greco-romain. Paris, Thèse, 1990.
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“Although Oribasius can be seen as passing on many of Galen's conclusions intact, his works foretell what the authors of following centuries were to become: guardians of endangered knowledge rather than creators of new intellectual goods.”
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“It is quite possible that the need to broadcast his work and establish his reputation had as much influence on Galen's career as it does for modern researchers.”
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“Another example is Oribasius's argument that the chest wall moves the lung.Striking in its forcefulness, the passage suggests that in his day, as in Galen's, the concept was not widely accepted.”
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“In the second century AD, there were no scientific journals, but at the same time no formidable editors and referees to interfere with publication.”
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“Throughout the Middle Ages, there would be a gradual degradation and disappearance of this knowledge, requiring its near total rediscovery, beginning in the Renaissance.”
§ ag gm m p ph hy ys si io ol lo og gy y: : t th he e a ac ch hi ie ev ve em me en nt ts s o of f G Ga al le en n > Abstract
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- Checkable: passes — It can be checked against evidence.
- Load-bearing: unclear — It is unclear whether the paper’s conclusions depend on it.
- Based: passes — The paper gives a reason why it holds.
It may state two separate claims as one.
The paper relies on this without support.
Galen's own writings about his life are truthful.
“Of the man and his life, all we know is what he wrote himself [1,2], but there is little reason to doubt its truth.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The diaphragm can move upward during an isovolume manoeuvre as long as the rib cage is allowed to expand.
“The much lengthier text from which he is quoting [26] shows a clear understanding of the principle that the diaphragm can move upward during an isovolume manoeuvre, as long as the rib cage is allowed to expand.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Muscle contraction changes abdominal pressure, equivalent to a force equal in all directions.
“Nowadays, we would emphasize that muscle contraction changes abdominal pressure, equivalent to a force equal in all directions.”
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Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.
Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
§ ag gm m p ph hy ys si io ol lo og gy y: : t th he e a ac ch hi ie ev ve em me en nt ts s o of f G Ga al le en n > Abstract
“Galen (129-200 AD) produced a large written output”
§ ag gm m p ph hy ys si io ol lo og gy y: : t th he e a ac ch hi ie ev ve em me en nt ts s o of f G Ga al le en n > Abstract
“He died about 210 AD.”
Rated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.
In the paper
§ ag gm m p ph hy ys si io ol lo og gy y: : t th he e a ac ch hi ie ev ve em me en nt ts s o of f G Ga al le en n > Abstract
“His remarkable work on the diaphragm was not quoted again in any detail until the 18th century”
§ ag gm m p ph hy ys si io ol lo og gy y: : t th he e a ac ch hi ie ev ve em me en nt ts s o of f G Ga al le en n > Abstract
“The much lengthier text from which he is quoting [26] shows a clear understanding of the principle that the diaphragm can move upward during an isovolume manoeuvre, as long as the rib cage is allowed to expand.”
Citations
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- [8]8. Galen. On Anatomical Procedures (De Anatomicus Administrationibus). Book VII, Chap. 16, pp. 642-650, Kuhn. Translated with an introduction and notes by C. Singer. London, Oxford University Press, 1956.
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- [12]12. Galen. On Anatomical Procedures (De Anatomicis Administrationibus). Book VIII, Chap. 8, p. 690, Kuhn. Translated with an introduction and notes by C. Singer. London, Oxford University Press, 1956.
- [13]13. Ibid. Book VIII, Chap. 3, pp. 665, Kuhn 15. Ibid. Book VIII, Chap. 4, pp. 667-675, Kuhn.
- [15]15. Galen. On the Causes of Breathing (De Causis Respira- tionis). In: Galen on respiration and the arteries. Transla- tions by D.J. Furley and J.S. Wilkie. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1989.
- [17]17. Galen. On the Usefulness of the Parts of the Body (De Usu Partium). Book V, Chap. 15. Translated from the Greek with an introduction and commentary by M.T. May. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1968.
- [20]20. Galen. On the Affected Parts (De Locis Affectis). Translated by R.F. Siegel. Basel, S. Karger, 1976; Book IV, Chapter 7.
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“accomplishment of Galen (130-200 CE), the anatomical and physiological knowledge about the respiratory system reached a complete comprehension that is still considered correct in modern times (Fritts, 1976; Derenne et al., 1995).”
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“However, he recommended that his students improve their dissection skills on dead animals prior to dissections on the living [18, 19].”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Derenne, J., Debru, A., Grassino, A., & Whitelaw, W.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Venue
- European Respiratory Journal
- Publisher
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- Published
- 1995-01-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 154-160
- ISSN
- 0903-1936 (ISSN-L)
- 1399-3003
- OpenAlex
- W2054126098
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- European Respiratory Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › History of Medicine Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medical History and Innovations
- Keywords
- Galen, diaphragm, respiration, respiratory muscles, Oribasius, muscle denervation, rib cage mechanics, expiration, dyspnea, ancient medicine, experimental physiology
- MeSH terms
- Greece, Ancient, Animals, Diaphragm, Humans, Respiration, History, Ancient
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