Some other ailments involving the respiratory system are respiratory infections, including tuberculosis, pneumonia and influenza. Study of the respiratory system Pulmonologists, a sub-specialty of internal medicine, treat the respiratory system, including the lungs. Because of the critical nature of the respiratory system, pulmonologists work in hospitals as well as in private practice. A pulmonologist must first be certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and then obtain additional training in the sub-specialty. Some milestones in the study of the respiratory system include: 13th century: Anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis advances his theory that the blood must have passed through the pulmonary artery, through the lungs, and back into the heart to be pumped around the body. This is believed by many to be the first scientific description of pulmonary circulation. 1897: Gustav Killian uses a rigid esophagoscope to extract a pork bone from a farmer’s bronchus. 1898: A. Coolidge performs the first bronchoscopy in the United States at the Massachusetts General Hospital. 1905: Looking to improve the care of tuberculosis patients by sharing their experiences and discoveries, a small group of physicians form what becomes the American Thoracic Society. 1907: In Philadelphia, Chevalier Jackson develops and improves the instruments for bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy. 1963: James Hardy of the University of Mississippi performs the first human lung transplant. The patient lives for 18 days. 1964: Shigeto Ikeda develops a prototype of what was to be the first flexible bronchoscope. 1983: Joel D. Cooper, a thoracic surgeon, performs the first successful lung transplant in Toronto. 1986: Cooper performs the first successful double lung transplant.
Some other ailments involving the respiratory system are respiratory infections, including tuberculosis, pneumonia and influenza. Study of the respiratory system Pulmonologists, a sub-specialty of internal medicine, treat the respiratory system, including the lungs. Because of the critical nature of the respiratory system, pulmonologists work in hospitals as well as in private practice. A pulmonologist must first be certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and then obtain additional training in the sub-specialty. Some milestones in the study of the respiratory system include: 13th century: Anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis advances his theory that the blood must have passed through the pulmonary artery, through the lungs, and back into the heart to be pumped around the body. This is believed by many to be the first scientific description of pulmonary circulation. 1897: Gustav Killian uses a rigid esophagoscope to extract a pork bone from a farmer’s bronchus. 1898: A. Coolidge performs the first bronchoscopy in the United States at the Massachusetts General Hospital. 1905: Looking to improve the care of tuberculosis patients by sharing their experiences and discoveries, a small group of physicians form what becomes the American Thoracic Society. 1907: In Philadelphia, Chevalier Jackson develops and improves the instruments for bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy. 1963: James Hardy of the University of Mississippi performs the first human lung transplant. The patient lives for 18 days. 1964: Shigeto Ikeda develops a prototype of what was to be the first flexible bronchoscope. 1983: Joel D. Cooper, a thoracic surgeon, performs the first successful lung transplant in Toronto. 1986: Cooper performs the first successful double lung transplant.
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