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Louis Tanquerel des Planches (1810-1862) and the history of discovering lead poisoning in the nervous system.
Rev Neurol (Paris)
June 2022
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Louis Tanquerel des Planches (1810-1862) only left us with one significant medical work, his Traité des maladies de plomb ou saturnines (treatise on lead or saturnine diseases), published in 1839. The work served as a reference for diagnosing and treating lead poisoning throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. The word "encephalopathy" that he coined at that time referred to toxic damage to the central nervous system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDid King Herod suffer from a rheumatic disease?
Clin Rheumatol
April 2017
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and USC+LAC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Herod the Great was appointed "king of Jews," to govern Judea, by the Roman Emperor and Senate. He lived from 73/74 BCE to 4 CE. He died with an illness and symptoms that have been the source of considerable speculation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Use of kohl and severe lead poisoning in Brussels].
Rev Med Brux
December 2002
H.I.S., Site Etterbeek-lxelles Service de Médecine Interne Rue Jean Paquot 63 1050 Bruxelles.
The authors report the observation of lead poisoning in a young Moroccan woman, which was caused by prolonged use of a khol made of lead sulphide. Khol is a black eye make-up used since Ancient Egypt. Clinically, this poisoning presented with abdominal crampoid pain, encephalopathy (manifested as anxiety and irritability), a Burtonian gingival border and microcytic sideropenic anaemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Implication of lead poisoning in psychopathology of Vincent van Gogh].
Actas Luso Esp Neurol Psiquiatr Cienc Afines
April 1998
The authors, by means of documental research, study the possibility that the physical and psychic symptoms of Vincent van Gogh may have been due to chronic lead poisoning. The technique and materials used by Van Gogh are analysed as the cause of repeated exposure to lead as well as the possible means of penetration of the metal. Through historical-biographical analysis, the progressive symptoms of the illness are compared with those of lead poisoning.
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