Sandbox:historical perspective

Historical Perspective

IF the circumstances under which the disease was discovered are known: • [Disease name] was first discovered by [name of scientist], a [nationality + occupation], in [year]/during/following [event].

Other sentences may describe the development of diagnostic techniques or therapies to treat the disease, outbreaks or epidemics throughout history, discoveries relating to the pathogenesis or causes of the disease, etc. A non-comprehensive list of additional template statements is below. • In [year], [diagnostic test/therapy] was developed by [scientist] to treat/diagnose [disease name]. • There have been several outbreaks of [disease name], which are summarized below.  • The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event]. • In [year], [scientist] was the first to discover the association between [risk factor] and the development of [disease name]. • In [year], [gene] mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of [disease name].