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History of medical practice in Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

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412 <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Medical Practice <strong>in</strong> Ill<strong>in</strong>oisN. S. Davis's contributions, he did not succeed <strong>in</strong> creat<strong>in</strong>g what could becalled a School <strong>of</strong> Physiology. Research <strong>in</strong> pure physiology began first underthe stimulus <strong>of</strong> Jacques Loeb at the University <strong>of</strong> Chicago <strong>in</strong> 1897.Significant contributions to physiologic knowledge from other fields areto be found <strong>in</strong> the surgical research work <strong>of</strong> Nicholas Senn, John B. Murphy,Christian Fenger and others <strong>of</strong> that period. Although their work came<strong>in</strong>to evidence ma<strong>in</strong>ly after 1900, much <strong>of</strong> it had been done <strong>in</strong> the eightiesand n<strong>in</strong>eties. For example, Murphy <strong>in</strong> 1896-97 was the first to create successfullya permanent functional anastomosis <strong>of</strong> a large artery, us<strong>in</strong>g the dogfor this purpose. Such technics not only furnished a sound basis for thecurrent cl<strong>in</strong>ical medic<strong>in</strong>e, but enabled physiology to pursue basic researchstudies <strong>in</strong> its own field. Here is a strik<strong>in</strong>g illustration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>terplay betweentwo sciences result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> evident progress <strong>in</strong> both.

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