Pan, Syrinx and syringomyelia
ABSTRACT Many myths and legends have had a deep influence on modern language, and on modern medical vernacular. The terms “syrinx” and “panic”are two of the most characteristic examples and their use in neurology and other specialties is well known. This article reviews the history of these words in...
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| description | ABSTRACT Many myths and legends have had a deep influence on modern language, and on modern medical vernacular. The terms “syrinx” and “panic”are two of the most characteristic examples and their use in neurology and other specialties is well known. This article reviews the history of these words in Greek mythology and their use in modern medicine. It is known by very few that clinical symptoms or conditions, such as syringomyelia and panic attacks, have a mythological origin in their definition and naming. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cb6a0d38d934061bba17b7d6597228b2022-12-21T22:47:22ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-4227751289089110.1590/0004-282x20170140S0004-282X2017001200890Pan, Syrinx and syringomyeliaLeonardo Palacios-SánchezJuan Sebastián Botero-MenesesMaría Camila Vélez-FlórezABSTRACT Many myths and legends have had a deep influence on modern language, and on modern medical vernacular. The terms “syrinx” and “panic”are two of the most characteristic examples and their use in neurology and other specialties is well known. This article reviews the history of these words in Greek mythology and their use in modern medicine. It is known by very few that clinical symptoms or conditions, such as syringomyelia and panic attacks, have a mythological origin in their definition and naming.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017001200890&lng=en&tlng=enhistory of medicinemythologysyringomyelia |
| spellingShingle | Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses María Camila Vélez-Flórez Pan, Syrinx and syringomyelia Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria history of medicine mythology syringomyelia |
| title | Pan, Syrinx and syringomyelia |
| title_full | Pan, Syrinx and syringomyelia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Pan, Syrinx and syringomyelia |
| title_short | Pan, Syrinx and syringomyelia |
| title_sort | pan syrinx and syringomyelia |
| topic | history of medicine mythology syringomyelia |
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