Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), “System of Nature”, 1735 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), “Genera Morborum (Varieties of Diseases)”, 1759.
DIAGNOSIS of DISEASE.
The scientific classification of disease, called nosology – aimed at distinguishing healthy tissue from unhealthy tissue, one illness from another illness – began at the autopsy table with dissection, examination, and identification of abnormalities of organs and tissues visible to the naked eye.
To place in historical perspective most of my blog post of Victor McKusick, “Mendelian Inheritance in Man: A Catalog of Human Genes & Genetic Disorders”, 1966 is the book Carl Linnaeus, “Genera Morborum (Varieties of Diseases), 1759.Most people are aware of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), “System of Nature”, 1735 because of “binomial nomenclature” generic (genus) and specific (species) of Homo sapiens name of humans used by Carl Linnaeus in 1735.
