title: [History of thoracic surgery: from the beginnings to the end of the 19th century].
abstract: The authors give an outline of the history of chest surgery from ancient times to the end of the 19th century. They point out the individual milestones of human knowledge which opened the pathway for successful surgical treatment of intrathoracic diseases after solving the many physiologic and pathophysiologic problems that had made these procedures impossible.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgická klinika LF UP a Fn Olomouc. bohanest@gmail.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bohanes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkorupa
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000266:history*