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Overview
Historical Perspective
- Hemorrhoids was known 3700 years ago by ancient egyptians. A recipe for an ointment made of ground acacia leaves was described in an ancient Egyptian manuscript.
- The ancient greek medical textbook “Hippocratic corpus” described a maneuver that is similar to rubber ligation as we know it today.
- Roman encyclopaedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus described band ligation and discussed possible complications. Roman surgeon Galen suggests severing the connection between arteries and veins in an attempt to relieve the pain and the spread of infection.
- During the sixth century, hemorrhoids were known as saint Fiacre’s curse after a saint who developed them after working in his farm.
- The “hemorrhoids” word was first used in English in 1398 after the french word “emorroides” which was developed from the latin word “ hæmorrhoida”. Hæmorrhoida means liable to bleeding.