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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Chronic mountain sickness]] (CMS) is also known as Monge's disease, after its first description in 1925 by [[Carlos Monge]]. High Altitude Flatus Expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820. It was rediscovered in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller. | [[Chronic mountain sickness]] (CMS) is also known as Monge's disease, after its first description in 1925 by [[Carlos Monge]]. [[High Altitude Flatus Expulsion]] was first described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820. It was rediscovered in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
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*Altitude sickness was first discovered by Paul Auerbach and York Miller in 1981.<ref name="pmid1011412">{{cite journal |vauthors=Monge CC, Whittembury J |title=Chronic mountain sickness |journal=Johns Hopkins Med J |volume=139 SUPPL |issue= |pages=87–9 |date=December 1976 |pmid=1011412 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Altitude sickness was first discovered by Paul Auerbach and York Miller in 1981.<ref name="pmid1011412">{{cite journal |vauthors=Monge CC, Whittembury J |title=Chronic mountain sickness |journal=Johns Hopkins Med J |volume=139 SUPPL |issue= |pages=87–9 |date=December 1976 |pmid=1011412 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*[[High Altitude Flatus Expulsion]] was first described by Joseph Hamel in 1820.<ref name="pmid18748805">{{cite journal |vauthors=Auerbach P, Miller YE |title=High Altitude Flatus Expulsion (HAFE) |journal=West. J. Med. |volume=134 |issue=2 |pages=173–4 |date=February 1981 |pmid=18748805 |pmc=1272559 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *[[High Altitude Flatus Expulsion]] was first described by Joseph Hamel in 1820.<ref name="pmid18748805">{{cite journal |vauthors=Auerbach P, Miller YE |title=High Altitude Flatus Expulsion (HAFE) |journal=West. J. Med. |volume=134 |issue=2 |pages=173–4 |date=February 1981 |pmid=18748805 |pmc=1272559 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*The association between smoking and the development of altitude sickness was first discovered in 1986. | *The association between [[smoking]] and the development of altitude sickness was first discovered in 1986. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]
Overview
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is also known as Monge's disease, after its first description in 1925 by Carlos Monge. High Altitude Flatus Expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820. It was rediscovered in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller.
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Altitude sickness was first discovered by Paul Auerbach and York Miller in 1981.[1]
- High Altitude Flatus Expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in 1820.[2]
- The association between smoking and the development of altitude sickness was first discovered in 1986.