История на медицината

10/10/2025

08/10/2025

Tu Youyou discovered a substance called artemisinin, which can be used to treat malaria. Tu not only found a way to extract artemisinin from a traditional Chinese medicine, she also tested the new drug on herself to speed up the time needed for development.

Her discovery led to development of a new drug that has saved the lives of millions of people.

Later today, we will be announcing the 2025 medicine prize. Who will be the next to change the course of medical history?

04/10/2025

ПРОФ. Д-Р ИВАН МИТЕВ – ЛЕКАРЯТ, КОЙТО ЧУ СЪРЦЕТО

На 4 октомври България си спомня за проф. д-р Иван Митев (1924–2006) – лекарят, който превърна педиатрията в своя житейска мисия и чието име днес носи нашата болница. Навършват се 101 години от рождението му.

В началото на 70-те д-р Митев с безупречно ухо и упоритост на изследовател долавя „излишен“ звук при преслушване на детски сърца със стетоскоп. Вместо да го отмине като шум, той започва систематично да събира доказателства. С години записва, анализира и сравнява резултати, докато накрая доказва, че става дума за нов, непознат дотогава сърдечен тон. През 1980 г. откритието му е признато официално. Така в медицинската наука се появява шестият сърдечен тон, българско научно постижение с международно значение – „Тонът на Митев”.

Днес екипът на СБАЛ по детски болести "Проф. Иван Митев" с отговорност и професионализъм продължава делото му!

Честит празник, колеги!

04/10/2025

Миниатюра от копие на Tacuinum sanitatis (Календар на здравето, 1050 г., на Ибн Бутлан, християнски лекар и теолог от Багдад), Верона, 1380–1399 г., Австрийска национална библиотека, Виена

Двама младежи пекат реколтата си пред дърво, отрупано с кестени.
В долната част на листа латинският текст ни казва, че трябва да избираме цели, узрели кестени (complete et bene mature), че те стимулират апетита и лекуват гадене (confortant appetitum et removent nauseam), но че вредят на стомаха поради газове (inferunt stomacho earum ventositate). Лекарството за тези проблеми (Remotio nocumenti) е да ги ядем печени със сол и добро леко вино (cum sale et bono vino subtili)

28/09/2025

In September 1928 Alexander Fleming returned from holiday to a curious sight. He saw that bacteria he had been growing on a culture plate had been killed in an area close to where a mould was accidentally growing.

It was to be a monumental discovery – Alexander Fleming had just discovered penicillin. He isolated the mould and showed that it released a substance that inhibited bacterial growth. He named the substance penicillin after the name of the mould.

Fleming reported his ground-breaking results in the scientific paper 'On the antibacterial action of cultures of a Penicillium with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae', published in British Journal of Experimental Pathology in 1929.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.

More about Fleming: https://bit.ly/2XuCctW

28/09/2025

22/09/2025

Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that affects the ability to control memory, thinking, behavior, language, and emotion. While there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists are conducting research to better understand it. Traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder are signature injuries of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and have been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
To learn more visit Warfighter Brain Health Hub: https://buff.ly/lX4lW8U .
Right hemisphere of a brain with Alzheimer's Disease.
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12/09/2025

14/06/2025

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Karl Landsteiner discovered and classified ABO human blood groups. His pioneering research had a profound impact on the field of medicine and saved millions of lives. This achievement not only helped us understand our biology – it was essential for making blood transfusions safe. In 1930, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

World Blood Donor day commemorates Landsteiner's birthday - he was born on this day in 1868.

Discover more by reading Landsteiner's Nobel Prize lecture:https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/landsteiner-lecture.pdf

08/06/2025

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+++ Hybride Mittagsvisite: Anatomische Lithographien von Nicolas H. Jacob +++

Di., 10.6., 12.30 Uhr | Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte! Von dieser Redewendung lässt sich Dr. Alois Unterkircher leiten, wenn er bei der Mittagsvisite anatomische Abbildungen vorstellt.

Sie entstanden Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts für den Anatomieatlas „Traité complet de l´Anatomie de l´Homme" des französischen Arztes Jean Marc Bourgery. Diese „Vollständige Abhandlung der Anatomie des Menschen" umfasst acht Bände mit rund 725 Bildtafeln. Die Abbildungen stammen von Nicolas H. Jacob, einem meisterhaften Illustrator und Pionier der lithographischen Zeichentechnik. Das lithographische Verfahren war um 1840 relativ neu und wurde zu dieser Zeit noch selten zur Bebilderung anatomischer Atlanten eingesetzt.

Die Tafeln sind nicht nur von einer hohen künstlerischen Qualität, sie gehen auch weit über die damals üblichen Darstellungen menschlicher Körperteile, Organe und anatomischer Strukturen hinaus. Denn ein Teil der Lithographien zeigt chirurgische Eingriffe und das dazu eingesetzte Instrumentarium, häufig sind auch die Hände des Operateurs bei der Führung des Instruments zu sehen. Diese spezielle Form der Illustration sollte dem Chirurgen helfen, sich die entsprechenden Handgriffe und Schnitttechniken einzuprägen.

Leider besitzt das Museum nicht die vollständige Ausgabe dieses Lehrbuchs, sondern lediglich rund 30 kolorierte lithographische Tafeln, die aus dem Werk stammen. In der Mittagsvisite stellt Dr. Alois Unterkircher diese Tafeln vor und geht auf die Entstehungsgeschichte des Lehrbuchs ein, das nach seinem Erscheinen von Fachgelehrten euphorisch gefeiert wurde.

Die hybride Mittagsvisite findet am Dienstag, 10.6., um 12.30 Uhr statt und dauert 30 Minuten. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei. Die Zoom-Gäste finden den Einwahl-Link auf der Homepage bei der Veranstaltung.

📸 Lithographische Tafel von Nicolas H. Jacob (Foto: DMMI)