秃公
加入时间: 2006/09/12
文章: 1667
经验值: 1777
|
|
|
作者：秃公 在 寒山小径 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
Gout was traditionally viewed as a disease of the decadent and indolent, because the foods which contribute to its development were only available in quantity to the wealthy. The stereotypical victim was a lazy, obese middle-aged man who habitually overindulged in rich foods and alcohol, with port wine consumption often cited as a specific cause. This stereotype is especially evident when gout is referred to as "The Disease of Kings".
Perhaps due to the traditional relationship between wealth and literacy, gout is one of the most commonly-reported maladies in history.
The Roman gladiatorial surgeon Galen described gout as a discharge of the four humors of the body in unbalanced amounts into the joints. The Latin term for a drop, as a drop of discharge, is gutta -- the term gout descends from this word.
[edit] Famous people with gout
One of the most famous sufferers of gout was Henry VIII. Others include John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Kublai Khan, Nostradamus, John Milton, Queen Anne, Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor,[14] Pablo Neruda, Alfred Lord Tennyson, George IV, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Karl Marx, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Benjamin Disraeli, Kirk Reuter, David Wells, Peter Paul Rubens, Osbert Sitwell, Lennart Torstenson, Peter Gomes, Alexander Hamilton, George Mason, Benjamin Franklin, Wilkie Collins, Henry James, Frederick the Great, Don Nelson, Jared Leto, Pope Clement VIII, Steven Susko, and Curt Schilling.
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici was dubbed "Piero il Gottoso"; literally "Piero The Gouty".
The Roman poet Ennius wrote "numquam poetor nisi podager" — "I never write poetry unless I am suffering from gout." He used the enforced idleness caused by his arthritis to compose poetry.
The surgical treatment of his gout led Mel Brooks to create his famous persona, the 2000 Year Old Man.
Jared Leto developed gout after gaining 65 lbs. to play Mark David Chapman in the film Chapter 27.
According to a 1997 paper in Nature,[15] a T-Rex dubbed "Sue" could have suffered from gout.
作者：秃公 在 寒山小径 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
|
|
haiku you
