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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
*Gangrene originated from a Greek word that meant mortification of a human body part. <ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | *[[Gangrene]] originated from a Greek word that meant [[mortification]] of a [[human body]] part. <ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | ||
*It was first used as a noun in the British Isles during the 16th century. <ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | *It was first used as a noun in the British Isles during the 16th century. <ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | ||
*Surgeons most often used it to refer to the cure of external human conditions. <ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | *[[Surgeons]] most often used it to refer to the [[cure]] of external [[human]] conditions. <ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | ||
*In the 17th century, this word was passed on from one person to another, until Shakespeare began to give metaphorical meaning to it in ''Coriolanus'': | *In the 17th century, this word was passed on from one person to another, until Shakespeare began to give metaphorical meaning to it in ''Coriolanus'': | ||
''"The service of the foote'' | ''"The service of the foote'' | ||
''Being once gangren'd, is not then respected'' | ''Being once gangren'd, is not then respected'' | ||
''For what it was before"''.<ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | ''For what it was before"''.<ref name="pmid16291052">{{cite journal| author=Lawrence C| title=Gangrene. | journal=Lancet | year= 2005 | volume= 366 | issue= 9498 | pages= 1689 | pmid=16291052 | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16291052 }} </ref> | ||
*In the 19th century, [[pathology]] was considered as a new profession, and has made [[gangrene]] as a taxonomical umbrella with myriad of species flourished. | |||
*In 1915, [[gangrene]] was described by [[surgeon]] D'Arcy Power in his book ''Wounds of War'': | |||
''The [[wound]] generally becomes more or less [[emphysematous]] and discharges a thin brownish, offensive fluid, which contains bubbles of gas... | |||
The ineffective process continues after [[death]] and the [[swelling]] may rapidly become so great as to make the [[corpse]] unrecognisable'' | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Gangrene originated from a Greek word that meant mortification of a human body part. It was first used as a noun in the British Isles during the 16th century. Surgeons most often used it to refer to the cure of external human conditions. [1]
Historical Perspective
- Gangrene originated from a Greek word that meant mortification of a human body part. [1]
- It was first used as a noun in the British Isles during the 16th century. [1]
- Surgeons most often used it to refer to the cure of external human conditions. [1]
- In the 17th century, this word was passed on from one person to another, until Shakespeare began to give metaphorical meaning to it in Coriolanus:
"The service of the foote Being once gangren'd, is not then respected For what it was before".[1]
- In the 19th century, pathology was considered as a new profession, and has made gangrene as a taxonomical umbrella with myriad of species flourished.
- In 1915, gangrene was described by surgeon D'Arcy Power in his book Wounds of War:
The wound generally becomes more or less emphysematous and discharges a thin brownish, offensive fluid, which contains bubbles of gas... The ineffective process continues after death and the swelling may rapidly become so great as to make the corpse unrecognisable
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lawrence C (2005). "Gangrene". Lancet. 366 (9498): 1689. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67683-0. PMID 16291052.