Altitude sickness historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farima Kahe M.D. [2]

Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is also known as Monge’s disease, after its first description in 1925 by Carlos Monge. High Altitude Flatus Expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in c. 1820. It was rediscovered in 1981 by Paul Auerbach and York Miller.

• Altitude sickness was first discovered by Paul Auerbach and York Miller in 1981.^[1]
• High Altitude Flatus Expulsion was first described by Joseph Hamel in 1820.^[2]
• The association between smoking and the development of altitude sickness was first discovered in 1986.

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