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".
- In 1890, Friedrich Trendlenberg wrote a paper on Great Saphenous Vein ligation at junction of middle and lower third of thigh. In 1896, Moore suggested some modifications to this procedure which were also backed by John Homans.