@Article{Drążkiewicz2021,
journal="Phlebological Review",
issn="1232-7174",
volume="29",
number="1",
year="2021",
title="30 years of the Polish Society of Phlebology – how it all happened",
abstract="HE FIRST MENTION OF VEINS IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE    Ancient history  4th/3rd century B.C.  Hippocrates (c. 460–c. 377 BC), Greek physician, one of the precursors of modern medicine (author of Corpus Hippocraticum), known as the father of medicine.  2nd century A.D.  Galen – Claudius Galenus (129–200 A.D.), Roman doctor of Greek origin, anatomist, philosopher, talented researcher, and writer, one of the most outstanding ancient doctors. He described, among other things, the heart valves and the differences between the arteries and veins. He established that blood flowed through the arteries and veins, not air, as previously thought.",
author="Drążkiewicz, Tomasz",
pages="3--18",
doi="10.5114/pr.2021.106836",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pr.2021.106836"
}