Blossoming of gastroenterology during the twentieth century

作     者：Joseph B.Kirsner 

作者机构：The Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of MedicineDepartment of Medicine-Section of GastroenterologyThe University of ChicagoIL 60637USA 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2004年第10卷第11期

页      面：1541-1542页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Biotechnology Gastroenterology History, 20th Century 

摘      要：Awareness of the digestive system began with the dawn of civilization, when man observing the feeding habits of animalsin the surrounding environment, experimented with foods, edible and inedible. Identity came with discoveries of the digestive organs during the 16^th and 17^th centuries. Function was revealed by physiologic studies of digestion, absorption and secretion, metabolism, and motility during the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Diagnostic access improved with the technological advances of the 20^th century. Understanding of gastrointestinal (GI) disease followed growth of the basic sciences and gastroenterology s increased involvement in scientific research during the 20^th century.