The greater omentum: its applicability to cancer surgery and cancer therapy
R Williams, H White - Current problems in surgery, 1986 - Elsevier
Following a brief mention in Homer's Odyssey in the 8th century BC, Hippocrates, Aristotle,
Celsus, and Galen all wrote in detail about the omentum, mainly in relation to hernia and
trauma. i Its overall function remained a mystery. Possible attributes included fat storage,
lubrication, and warming of the intestines. The ideas of classical times survived in various
Arab and European centers until the end of the Middle Ages. Then, Vesalius, Leonardo da
Vinci, and other Renaissance anatomists elaborated on this earlier knowledge. The …
Celsus, and Galen all wrote in detail about the omentum, mainly in relation to hernia and
trauma. i Its overall function remained a mystery. Possible attributes included fat storage,
lubrication, and warming of the intestines. The ideas of classical times survived in various
Arab and European centers until the end of the Middle Ages. Then, Vesalius, Leonardo da
Vinci, and other Renaissance anatomists elaborated on this earlier knowledge. The …
