Magnus Pegel

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Magnus Pegel

Magnus Pegel (or Pegelius) (15 May 1547 – 1619) was a German doctor and mathematician.[1] Pegel was born in Rostock and was one of the first authors to write (in 1604) about the theory of blood transfusions.[2][3][4][5] He died at Stettin.

Works [edit]

  • "Disputatio de peste"
  • "Universi seu mundi Diatyposis"
  • "Thesaurus rerum selectarum"
  • "Aphorismi thesum selectarum"

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Pegel, Magnus", Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium 
  2. ^ F. J. Cole (1921), "The history of anatomical injections", in Charles Singer, Studies in the history and method of science, Vol II 
  3. ^ J Greenwalt (August 1995), "The history and future of transfusion medicine", Transfusion Today (23), ISSN 1015-3276 
  4. ^ Theophilus Parvin (1874), "Address in obstetrics diseases of women and children", Transactions of the American Medical Association (American Medical Association) 
  5. ^ Douglas W. Huestis, Joseph R. Bove, Shirley Busch (1970), Practical blood transfusion