Altitude sickness historical perspective
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Overview
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is also known as Monge's disease, after its first description in 1925 by Carlos Monge[1]. HAFE or High Altitude Flatus Expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820. It was rediscovered in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller[2].
References
- ↑ Monge CC, Whittembury J (1976). "Chronic mountain sickness". Johns Hopkins Med J. 139 SUPPL: 87–9. PMID 1011412.
- ↑ Auerbach P, Miller YE (1981). "High Altitude Flatus Expulsion (HAFE)". West J Med. 134 (2): 173–4. PMC 1272559. PMID 18748805.