Cardiac Conduction System
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Czech anatomist, Jan Evangelista Purkinje, identified networks of fibres
composed of grey, flat, gelatinous cells that contained tightly packed
nuclei in the ventricular sub-endocardium of sheep hearts
Dr Wilhelm His, Jr,
Wilhelm His, Jr, a Swiss anatomist, searched to see what connected the
atria and ventricles, and in 1893, he recorded a description of the
conducting bridge that was later be known as the bundle of His: “I have succeeded in finding a muscle bundle which unites the auricular and ventricular septal walls …
Sunao Tawara, a Japanese pathologist working in the laboratory of Ludwig Aschoff, meticulously examined the
AV junction, including the AV bundle, through histology on serial tissue
sections
Arthur Keith (1866–1955) – a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist, well known for his work on human evolution and comparative anatomy.
Martin Flack (1882–1931) – a British physiologist and anatomist, who collaborated with Keith during his early career.
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