Historical perspective template

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

Introduction

• The goal of this section is to provide the background on the history of how the disease/condition was discovered, and the developments in the study of the disease over time.
• Remember to put {{CMG}} at the top of the page, and the template you created for the navigation bars at the right side of the box.
• Below is a template and a description of some of the subheadings you can use on this page.
• Remember this is not the page for patient history, or the natural history of the disease.

Overview

• This section should include the name of the disease in the first sentence, and give a brief description of the important aspects of the information that is relayed in the rest of the page.
• For an example of the overview section of the historical perspective page, click here.

Discovery

• This section should describe how the disease was initially discovered, when it was discovered, and who discovered it.
• Sometimes