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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
* The Egyptian Ebers | * The Egyptian Ebers papyrus, from 16th century BC, is the first book that presented a basic description for constipation. Ebres papyrus defined constipation as intoxication of body with hazardous agents from feces in bowls.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Ebbell, B. (Bendix), 1865- | title=The Papyrus Ebers : the greatest Egyptian medical document | publication-date=1937 | publisher=Levin & Munksgaard | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26409288 | accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref> | ||
* In 18th century, the personal physician of Louis XV in France, presented a similar definition as Ebres papyrus. He mentioned the constipation as blood pollution with released toxins from remained wastes in the intestines.<ref>{{Citation | |||
| title=Synopsis of the universal practice of medicine [electronic resource] : exhibiting a concise view of all diseases, both internal and external : illustrated with complete commentaries / by Joseph Lieutaud ; translated from the Latin by Edwin A. Atlee | |||
| author1=Lieutaud, Joseph, 1703-1780 | |||
| author2=Atlee, Edwin Augustus, 1776-1852 | |||
| year=1816 | |||
| publisher=Edward and Richard Parker | |||
| language=English | |||
}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Historical Perspective
- The Egyptian Ebers papyrus, from 16th century BC, is the first book that presented a basic description for constipation. Ebres papyrus defined constipation as intoxication of body with hazardous agents from feces in bowls.[1]
- In 18th century, the personal physician of Louis XV in France, presented a similar definition as Ebres papyrus. He mentioned the constipation as blood pollution with released toxins from remained wastes in the intestines.[2]
References
- ↑ Ebbell, B. (Bendix), 1865- (1937), The Papyrus Ebers : the greatest Egyptian medical document, Levin & Munksgaard, retrieved 14 November 2017
- ↑ Lieutaud, Joseph, 1703-1780; Atlee, Edwin Augustus, 1776-1852 (1816), Synopsis of the universal practice of medicine [electronic resource] : exhibiting a concise view of all diseases, both internal and external : illustrated with complete commentaries / by Joseph Lieutaud ; translated from the Latin by Edwin A. Atlee, Edward and Richard Parker