title: [Investigations on knowledge of the pancreas before Vesal, with special regard to the anatomical technique in the 16th and 17th century (author's transl)].
abstract: In the centuries before Vesal is the pancreas described. The name "pancreas" is created by Galenos (1565). This organ has after Galenos (1565) a function of cushion. The supposition that the pancreas is a gland is created by Berengario da Carpi (1521). The technique of the anatomical section is the basis on knowledge of VESAL. He has created many instruments.
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D006115:Greece; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009426:Netherlands; D010179:Pancreas / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen über die Kenntnis des Pancreas in der Zeit vor Vesal mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatomischen Technik im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert.