historical aspects of the anatomy of the duodenum

Herophilus active in 300s B.C. “father of anatomy” named the duodenum

Celsus 25 B.C.- A.D.50 Roman he associated the pylorus “gatekeeeper” with the jejejnum and did not recognize the duodenum as a separate entity

Marinos c.100 A.D. Roman discovered mesenteric nodes 1672

Brunner J.C. 1653-1727 Switzerland discovered the duodenal glands in 1672. believed these glands secreted a juice similar to that of the pancreas.

Vater, Abraham, 1684-1751 Germany discovered the ampulla of the common bile duct draining into the duodenum

1910 Moynihan Sir Berkeley 1865-? Italy beginning of preventative medicine. contributions in the surgical treatment of hernia (1899), abdominal operations (1905), spleen and pancreas (1908) and the duodenal ulcer (1910)

1917-1919 Metzer S.J. 1917 and Lyon 1919 theory of duodenal drainage.