Multiple sclerosis historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.,

Multiple sclerosis was first described by a neurologist, Dr. Jean Martin Charcot in 1868 and named sclerose en plaque. The signs and symptoms including dysarthria, ataxia, and tremor were called ‘Charcot’s triad‘.

• Multiple sclerosis was first described by a neurologist, Dr. Jean martin Charcot in 1868.
• Previously, Dr. Robert Hooper (1773-1835), Robert Carswell (1793-1857), and Jean Cruveilhier (1791-1873) had noticed some of the MS clinical manifestations, but for the first time, Dr. Charcot described it as a distinct disease and named sclerose en plaque.
• The signs and symptoms including dysarthria, ataxia, and tremor, were called charcot’s triad by Dr. Charcot for the first time.

• One of the first suspected MS patients in history is Saint Lidwina (1380-1433). She had symptoms such as pain, lower extremities weakness, and vision loss.^[1][2]
• The other MS suspected patient in history is Augustus Frederick d’este (1794-1848). His symptoms began at the age of 28 with vision loss, bladder dysfunction, numbness, weakness of legs and sexual dysfunction.^[3]

Template:WH Template:WS