Gout and its manifestations, description and treatment in ancient times
Authors:
Tomáš Alušík 1; Štefan Alušík 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav dějin lékařství a cizích jazyků 1. LF UK, Praha
1; Katedra vnitřního lékařství IPVZ, Praha
2
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2015; 154: 194-195
Category:
History of Medicine
Overview
Gout is a very old disease, which exists for thousands of years. The first descriptions interpreted as the symptoms of gout can be found already in the Egyptian medical papyri dating to the 3rd mill. BC. In the Ancient world, many physicians dealt with the causes, diagnostics and the treatments of gout, such as Hippocrates of Cos, Diocles of Carystus or Claudios Galenos. A personified gout (as the goddess Podagra) is also to be found in the Ancient mythology and culture. Several human remnants of the people suffering from gout are preserved from the Antiquity as well.
Keywords:
gout and its treatment – Podagra – Antiquity – paleopathology
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