The Aetiology of Deep Venous Thrombosis A Critical, Historical and Epistemological Survey /

• Main Authors: Malone, P. Colm (Author), Agutter, Paul S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Hematology.; Pathology.; Vascular surgery.; Medicine > History.; Medicine & Public Health.; History of Medicine.; Vascular Surgery.; Philosophy of Medicine.

What we now call ‘deep venous thrombosis’ (DVT) has been studied in diverse ways during the last 200–300 years. Each of these approaches contributes to a full modern understanding of aetiology. Therefore, much of this book is a historical survey of the field. However, our remit is broader than the t...