title: Richard Lower (1631-1691) and his early contributions to cardiology.
abstract: Although little is written of Richard Lower he was perhaps the most influential English physiologist of the seventeenth century after Harvey. He is most remembered for his works on transfusion and the function of the cardiopulmonary system (Tractatus de Corde). Herein, we review the life of this important historical medical figure and present his little known posthumously published appendix regarding the function and morphology of the heart as published in John Browne's Myographia Nova.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States. rstubbs@uab.edu
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Mohammadali M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: Mohammad R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ardalan
authors.forename: W Jerry
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004739:England; D049670:History, 17th Century; D008513:Medicine in Literature