Side sickness

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The side disease (lat. Morbus lateralis , dolor lateralis , Seitensschmerz, synonymously stitch , older overrides Seitenkranck, Seitenkränke or pages kräncke) is a non-unique, from the Middle Ages derived, in Old High German stechido called name, with probably different from today's perspective Disease - Symptoms have been linked, but mostly side pain in pleurisy ( pleurisy ) or pleurodynia . Pleurisy is mentioned, for example, in Tabernaemontanus 1625, a detailed description can be found in the 3rd volume of the Onomatologia Medico-Practica: Encyclopedic Handbook for Practicing Physicians in alphabetical order under the keyword pleurisy . There reference is made to the Latin names as well as to earlier literature. In the old literature, however, there are also uses of the term for diseases of the liver ( jaundice ) and the spleen as well as in the context of rheumatic or arthritic diseases.

The diagnosis of a stitches in the side was based on an account of the late 18th century, “when the patient coughs frequently, has a rapid and feverish pulse, and at the same time a sharp pain complains in an external or internal part of the circumference of the chest, and if this pain complains every time Inhale and cough more violently, while exhaling becomes lighter ”.

The term was also used in veterinary medicine .

The term became famous through Noah Gordon's novel The Medicus from 1986 and the film of the same name from 2013. Here, however, the disease was interpreted as appendicitis , even if there is no evidence of an appendectomy for the time described - as shown in the film. The term is used in the same sense in other historical novels.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d side sicknesses, f.. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 16 : Sea life – speaking - (X, 1st section). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1905 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  2. ↑ a b c Gabriele Hoppe: "Cleaning and Fixation" - Establishing neoclassical loan word formation Etymologically correct restoration of technical linguistic | itis | loan words and their derivatives since the early modern period. Development of a technical loan-word formation unit -itis. Mannheim 2010, ids-mannheim.de (PDF).
  3. ↑ Hieronymus Bock : Artzney booklet. Ordinary, common cur and help for the stinging and side ulcer, called pleurisy [...]. Augsburg 1551.
  4. ↑ a b Monica Niederer: The St. Galler Botanicus. An early medieval herbarium. Critical edition, translation and commentary . Peter Lang, Bern 2005, ISBN 3-03910-195-1 , pp. 229 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ^ Christoph Mörgeli and Hans Schulthess: names of diseases and causes of death in Zurich parish registers. In: On the luxury of the mind. Ceremony for the 60th birthday of Bruno Schmid. Zurich 1994, pp. 165–183, here: p. 182 (“stitch”) and 181 (“Seitenstick”).
  6. ↑ Arnoldo Baffoni: Storia della pleuriti since Ippocrate a Laennec. Rome 1947.
  7. ↑ Friedrich August Weber (Ed.): Onomatologia Medico-Practica: Encyclopaedic manual for practicing physicians in alphabetical order. Volume 3, pleurisy , p. 1770 ff., ( Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
  8. ^ Max Höfler: German book of names of diseases. Piloty & Loehle, Munich 1899; New printing Olms, Hildesheim / New York 1970 and 1979, ISBN 1-174-35859-9 , p. 677 f. and 919 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  9. ↑ Franz Georg Nonner: The honest village baths or medical-surgical manual for quick and safe use in diseases and emergencies in the country. Johann Michael Daisenberger (Imprimatur 1791), Stadtamhof 1799, p. 19 f. ( Digitized version of the Bavarian State Library)
  10. ↑ Jean de Saunier, Gaspard de Saunier: Complete knowledge of horses . Christian Friedrich Günther, Leipzig / Großglogau 1767, p. 69 ( digitized in the Google book search).