Adam Christian Thebesius
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1686 – 1732
Who was Adam Christian Thebesius?
Adam Christian Thebesius was a German anatomist who was a native of Sandenwalde, Silesia.
He studied medicine in Jena, Leipzig and Leiden, receiving his doctorate from the University of Leiden in 1708. During the following year, he opened a medical practice in Hirschberg, and beginning in 1715 he served as Stadtphysikus in Hirschberg, as well as a medical consultant to the nearby Warmbrunn spa.
Thebesius is known for his studies of coronary circulation. In his 1708 graduate thesis, De circulo sangunis in corde, he described the tiny cardiac venous tributaries that drain directly into the cardiac chambers. These veins are now known as "Thebesian veins", or venae cordis minimae, and the drainage pathway is referred to as the "Thebesian system". Two other anatomical structures that contain his name are:
Thebesian foramina: Also known as foramina venarum minimarum or "Vieussens' foramina" after Raymond Vieussens. These structures are orifices of the Thebesian veins.
Thebesian valve: The valve of the coronary sinus.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1686
Silesia - Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Leiden University
- Died
- Nov 10, 1732
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on July 23, 2013
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