CIRURGIA TORACICA ON LINE.Cirtoracica.

Civilization Istanbul - End of 17.century.

Serefeddin Sabuncuoglu - He shows the cauterization and puncture sites for the treatment of pleurisy in 15.century. Marun University. Turkey.

History of Thoracic Surgery

A. PARE (1510-1590)
French surgeon
Considered the father of modern surgery.

René LAENNEC

René LAENNEC (1781-1826)
Laennec's sthetoscope

French surgeon
1st known pulmonary resection

German surgeon
Thoracic Surgeon Pioneer