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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical perspective
- On December 13, 1799, George Washington, the United States’ first president, was reported to have had sore throat and hoarseness of voice.
- At dawn the next day, his conditioned worsened with difficulty in breathing. Few hours later he was found to have respiratory distress.
- The physicians who attended to him tried all treatment modalities but were unsuccessful and by 10:20 PM was decleared dead of what was most likely due to bacterial epiglottitis after a review of the signs, symptoms, and clinical course of his fatal illness. It is likely that if he had lived in recent times, the sequela would have been different.[1][2][3]
- Beofre 1960 acute epiglottitis was classified under several headings.[4]
- In the 1980s Haemophilus influenza type b vaccine was introduced. Prior to this,[5] H. influenza was the most common culprit of epiglottitis.
References
- ↑ Scheidemandel HH (1976). "Did George Washington die of quinsy?". Arch Otolaryngol. 102 (9): 519–21. PMID 786230.
- ↑ Cohen B (2005). "The death of George Washington (1732-99) and the history of cynanche". J Med Biogr. 13 (4): 225–31. PMID 16244717.
- ↑ Cheatham ML (2008). "The death of George Washington: an end to the controversy?". Am Surg. 74 (8): 770–4. PMID 18705585.
- ↑ Wurtele P (1992). "Acute epiglottitis: historical highlights and perspectives for future research". J Otolaryngol. 21 Suppl 2: 1–15. PMID 1613842.
- ↑ Schlossberg, David (2015). Clinical infectious disease (Second ed.). p. 202. ISBN 9781107038912.