The BIZARRE History Of The Human Heart

As a history nut, and person wanting to be a history teacher, I love hearing about new things. Keep it up with these kinds of videos!

Seeing this made me realize that before these understandings, people could feel their heartbeat and not understand what it was or why it was happening inside of them.

The fact that he didn't die from infection with an open chest wound is wild

7:01 That beating heart story is insane! How does someone survive that….

As a Historian I love the intersection between History, Culture and Science! More videos like this please!!!

Sushrutha, an ancient Indian scholar known as the father of plastic surgery, has perfomed dissection in cadavers before the time of Christ. He has described in his book "Sushrutha Samhitha" about how he prepared the bodies for dissection, his findings, along with diseases and cure. Although many of his findings may not be agreed by contemporary science, he was a pioneer in this field and his works are still referred in the alternative medical system. He has described the position, shape, and has also highlighted the vitality of the heart. His photo is hung in many hospitals across India and parts of the world as a form of respect. In India, the healthcare system is a combination of modern medical doctors and alternate medical practioners. Susrutha is a significant intersection between the two. If you've read till here thank you 😊 and thanks to Dr.Mike for the amazing video!

Who knew an organ could have a timeline 💀 Edit: do people genuinely not know what a rhetorical question is?

I loved this timeline, but as an Argentinian girl, it's sad that he didn't include Dr. René Favaloro. He performed several heart related procedures, such as the bypass, and it was very important for medical history. 🇦🇷❣️ Always remembered here!

Anything from a trusted source bleeps up and I'm there - I have CHF & Afib, B stage heart failure, and I absorb everything about it. From Doctor Mike? Fuggedaboutit, I'm here!

What's even cooler about 3D printing hearts, is they can use your genetic code to not only fix defects on the printed heart, but it will bypass rejection. No dampening your immune system post transplant for the rest of your life. This is also progressing other organ replacement research as well.

3:40 silphium was actually rediscovered recently! So once it's population is stable and has all the basics studied, we can find out 😂

I am aspiring to be a cardiologist, so a video dedicated entirely for the heart is exactly what I needed

Thanks to your videos, I was inspired to take the class and become CPR certified. I can now correctly do those chest compressions should the need ever arise ❤. @Doctor Mike

Hey mike! When are you doing your next tour or meet and greet?! I live next to washington DC and I REALLY REALLY REALLYYYYY want to meet you because you have been my role model for YEARS and i look up to you so much. I’ve gotten through some tough stuff because of your videos and you make such a strong impact to me and so many more people. I don’t even know if you’ll read this but if you did thank you so so so very much! You are AWESOME!!!! 💙🩺🐻

well done - as a retired RN/MSN who worked ERs, ICUs, and out patient areas to see the wonders being brought forth from my start in the middle 60's to retiring in 2016 is "hearth warming, well presented!!

I really like when you go outside of your usual style. I think the video summarized the topic very well!

My daughter was born with a critical congenital heart defect, Ebsteins Anomaly. I wish you talked about CHDs once on your channel. This video made me so happy to watch! Thank you

I'm sick but its always a great day when Dr Mike posts :)

When I was in the hospital with a nasty infection from a pulled tooth (I’m resistant to amoxicillin), one of the concerns was bacteria setting up colonies in my heart on the valves. The tech that brought in the machine to get basically an ultrasound of my heart admitted that it never got old, seeing a heart in action. I was in awe. Good thing Mom was there, to ask the questions I was too stunned to remember.

Hippocrates probably didn’t mean ‘the heart heats the body’ in a literal sense. As Galen explains in his text ‘Hygiene’, blood in the Greco-Roman era was thought of as containing slightly more fire (fiery matter) than any of the three other elements (earth, water, air). These elements had to be in balance in order to be healthy, so blood had to be in balance with the three other humors (fluids, each with their own properties). So the heart provided the heat, but probably figuratively. I’ve read some of the translations of these ancient texts. I’d really recommend it. It’s so interesting to see what the views of these people were, so long before science was a thing. I’ve even read a section that sounds surprisingly similar to germ theory (Galen’s Hygiene too). Anyways. Thanks for the content :)