"狼"作为一种疾病的首次使用
Donald E Thomas1,2, Antoine Enfrein3,4, Robert Hal Scofield5,6,7
1Arthritis and Pain Associates of Prince George's County, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Lupus
|December 9, 2024
概括
术语"狼"作为一种疾病可能起源于10世纪或12世纪,描述一种用肉治疗的食肉疾病. 许多历史记载都包含关于狼起源的不准确信息.
科学领域:
- 医学史 医学史 医学史
- 疾病的源名学 疾病的源名学
- 中世纪医学 中世纪医学
背景情况:
- 术语"狼"在医学文献中有一个复杂的,经常被误解的历史.
- 以前关于狼的历史记录包含了许多关于其起源和描述的不准确性.
- 澄清历史记录对于理解医学术语的演变至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了准确地描述"狼"一词作为一种疾病的历史用法.
- 为了识别和纠正以前关于狼的历史文章中的不准确性.
- 建立医学术语"狼"的确切历史记录.
主要方法:
- 对中世纪和后来的文本进行了详尽的审查,这些文本提到"狼"作为一种疾病.
- 咨询了专门研究医学术语历史的中世纪专家.
- 将发现与原始历史文件进行交叉引用以验证信息.
主要成果:
- 最早记录的"狼"作为一种疾病的使用可以追溯到公元963年,一个12世纪的帐户,或公元1170年的信件.
- 第一个使用"狼"的医学文本是公元1230年Rolando da Parma写的,描述了致命的皮肤病变.
- 与普遍认为的相反",狼"并不是指狼咬的病变,而是指破坏性皮肤疾病;早期的治疗涉及肉.
结论:
- 术语"狼"作为一种疾病起源于10世纪或12世纪,表示一种严重的,食肉的疾病.
- 历史医学文本和现代文章往往包含关于狼的词源和早期描述的实际错误.
- 医学历史学家必须批判性地评估主要来源,以防止错误信息的延续.
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