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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Pott's disease is named after Percivall Pott (1714–1788), a London surgeon who trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Historical Perspective
- Spinal Tuberculosis is one of the oldest disease and was found in bone samples from five Iron age individuals recovered from a cemetry in Aymyrlyg, South Siberia. The spine lesions demonstrated a positive DNA PCR amplification for mycobacterium bovis, this shows that the infection was present 2000 years ago.[1]
- In 1779, Sir Percival Pott described the classic features of spinal tuberculosis: destruction of the intervertebral discs, body of the vertebrae resulting in progressive kyphosis and named the disease Pott's disease.[2]
References
- ↑ Taylor GM, Murphy E, Hopkins R, Rutland P, Chistov Y (2007). "First report of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in human remains from the Iron Age". Microbiology. 153 (Pt 4): 1243–9. doi:10.1099/mic.0.2006/002154-0. PMID 17379733.
- ↑ Dobson J (1972). "Percivall Pott". Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 50 (1): 54–65. PMC 2388056. PMID 4550865.