TY - JOUR JO - Phlebological Review SN - 1232-7174 VL - 29 IS - 1 PY - 2021 ID - Drążkiewicz2021 TI - 30 years of the Polish Society of Phlebology – how it all happened AB - 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. AU - Drążkiewicz, Tomasz SP - 3 EP - 18 DA - 2021 DO - 10.5114/pr.2021.106836 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pr.2021.106836 ER -