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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Historical perspective

• Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus described was the first to describe band ligation treatment for hemorrhoidal bleeding.
• In the 1700s, Alexis Littre was the first to describe diverticular diseases, where he reported "diverticular hernia" without explaining it.
• In 1885, Allchin gave a detailed description of ulcerative colitis for the first time.
• In 1887, Welch proposed that ischemic bowel changes occur secondary to 80% stenosis of superior mesenteric artery (SMA).
• In 1849, Jean Cruveilheir, a French anatomist, was the first to describe in detail the diverticular herniations through the muscular wall of the colon.
• In 1913 Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771) and by Scottish physician T. Kennedy Dalziel described inflammatory bowel diseases in detail for the first time.
• In 1936, Dunphy was the first one to establish an association between mesenteric artery occlusion and gut infarction.
• In 1963, Boley was the first to describe ischemic colitis as a vascular occlusion of the colon.