Varicose veins historical perspective
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- Hippocrates, also known as the 'Father of Medicine' was the first to associate varicose veins with the ulcers. He advised the use of compression bandages and cauterisation to treat the condition[1]. At that time, the arteries and veins were both thought to carry air.
- In 1603, Jeronimus Fabricius d’Aquapendente, a professor of Anatomy was the first to give a proper description of the venous valve in his work named 'De Venarum Osteolis'.
- William Harvey(1578-1657), in his work De Motu Cordis showed that the flow of blood is unidirectional, which is due to the valves in the venous system[2]. This work is the foundation of circulatory physiology as we know it today.
- Richard Wiseman (1622-1676) was the first to use the term "varicose ulcer".