ME/CFS Articles 2
The History Of Multiple Sclerosis
A Short History Of MS:
https://www.everydayhealth.com/multiple-sclerosis/a-short-history-of-multiple-sclerosis/
“It appears that people had multiple sclerosis long before doctors knew what it was.”
The History of Seizures:
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ert/2014/582039/
MRI history: http://www.teslasociety.com/mri.htm
The first full body scan of a human being in an MRI was in 1977.
1977
On July 3, 1977, nearly five hours after the start of the first MRI test, the first human scan was made as the first MRI prototype. Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a medical diagnostic technique that creates images of the human body using the principle of nuclear magnetic resonance.
The rapidly emerging field of metabolomics combines strategies to identify and quantify cellular metabolites using sophisticated analytical technologies with the application of statistical and multi-variant methods for information extraction and data interpretation. In the last two decades, huge progress was made in the sequencing of a number of different organisms. Simultaneously, large investments were made to develop analytical approaches to analyze the different cell products, such as those from gene expression (transcripts), proteins, and metabolites. All of these so-called ‘omics approaches, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, are considered important tools to be applied and utilized to understand the biology of an organism and its response to environmental stimuli or genetic perturbation.
The history of blood testing: https://healthfully.com/history-blood-testing-5553177.html
Early transfusions: The first blood transfusion in recorded history took place in 1665. Before the discovery of blood typing, doctors did not perform any screening tests before a transfusion. Some early blood transfusion devices were nothing more than a tube system to transport blood from the donor directly into the veins of the recipient. Without understanding blood types, success was hit or miss. Sometimes the recipient’s body would reject the donor’s blood, and doctors could not explain why.
In 1901, Karl Landsteiner published a medical paper identifying three blood types–A, B and C (later changed to O). One year later, his colleagues Alfred Decastello and Adriano Sturli added AB as the fourth and final blood type. Although scientists already understood there were differences in the composition of blood, Landsteiner discovered that human blood is not universally compatible because our immune systems produce antibodies to blood of another type. Landsteiner later won the Nobel Peace Prize for his groundbreaking blood research.
Bloodborne Disease Testing:
To protect the blood supply, blood banks routinely test for various kinds bloodborne illnesses. Blood was first tested for hepatitis B in 1971 and for HIV in 1985. Today, blood is tested for syphilis, hepatitis C, West Nile virus and other diseases. Blood tests also can help a doctor identify various types of illnesses in patients, including anemia, diabetes and malaria.
Years diseases were discovered:
Diabetes: 1889
The first big breakthrough that eventually led to the use of insulin to treat diabetes was in 1889, when Oskar Minkowski and Joseph von Mering, researchers at the University of Strasbourg in France, showed that the removal of a dog's pancreas could induce diabetes
Multiple Sclerosis: 1868
The French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893) was the first person to recognize multiple sclerosis as a distinct disease in 1868. Summarizing previous reports and adding his own clinical and pathological observations, Charcot called the disease sclerose en plaques.
Seizures/Epilepsy: The Greek philosopher Hippocrates (460-377 BC) was the first person to think that epilepsy starts in the brain
In northern Italy, epilepsy was once traditionally known as Saint Valentine's malady. In the mid-1800s, the first effective anti-seizure medication, bromide, was introduced. The first modern treatment, phenobarbital, was developed in 1912, with phenytoin coming into use in 1938.
Cancer: 1940s
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-basics/history-of-cancer/cancer-treatment-chemo.html
Evolution of Cancer Treatments: Chemotherapy. During World War II, naval personnel who were exposed to mustard gas during military action were found to have toxic changes in the bone marrow cells that develop into blood cells. ... That drug was the predecessor of methotrexate, a cancer treatment drug used commonly today
Prozac invented in 1987
Homoesexuality removed from the DSM in 1987: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201509/when-homosexuality-stopped-being-mental-disorder
Doctors Getting Stuff Wrong: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/
History of Peptic Ulcers: https://www.cdc.gov/ulcer/history.htm
1982: Australian physicians Robin Warren and Barry Marshall first identify the link between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and ulcers, concluding that the bacterium, not stress or diet, causes ulcers. The medical community is slow to accept their findings.
1994
A National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference concludes that there is a strong association between H. pylori and ulcer disease, and recommends that ulcer patients with H. pylori infection be treated with antibiotics.
1995
Data show that about 75 percent of ulcer patients are still treated primarily with antisecretory medications, and only 5 percent receive antibiotic therapy. Consumer research by the American Digestive Health Foundation finds that nearly 90 percent of ulcer sufferers are unaware that H. pylori causes ulcers. In fact, nearly 90 percent of those with ulcers blame their ulcers on stress or worry, and 60 percent point to diet.
1996
The Food and Drug Administration approves the first antibiotic for treatment of ulcer disease.
1997
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with other government agencies, academic institutions, and industry, launches a national education campaign to inform health care providers and consumers about the link between H. pylori and ulcers. This campaign reinforces the news that ulcers are a curable infection, and the fact that health can be greatly improved and money saved by disseminating information about H. pylori. Medical researchers sequence the H. pylori genome. This discovery can help scientists better understand the bacterium and design more effective drugs to fight it.
Why It Took Everyone So Long To Acknowledge Bacteria Cause Ulcers:
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/mar/07-dr-drank-broth-gave-ulcer-solved-medical-mystery:
Won nobel prize in 2005