Historical perspective template

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

Introduction

• The page name should be "(Disease name) historical perspective", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
• Goal: to provide the background on the history of how the disease/condition was discovered, and the developments in the study of the disease over time.
• As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
• Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing [[square brackets]] around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click here.
• Remember this is not the page for patient history, or the natural history of the disease.
• Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below
• You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.

Overview

• This section should include the name of the disease in the first sentence, and give a brief description of the important aspects of the information that is relayed in the rest of the page.
• For an example of the overview section of the historical perspective page, click here.

Discovery

• This section should describe how the disease was initially discovered, when it was discovered, and who discovered it.
• For an example of the discovery section within a historical perspective page, click here.

Development of Treatment Strategies

• Include notable scientists who studied the condition.
• Include landmark changes in approaches to studying the disease.
• This is a good place to include pictures of treatments, such as the "iron lung" for polio. For more information on adding pictures, click here.

Impact on Cultural History

• Here you can include the impact the disease has had over time from a cultural aspect.
• Include pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks, and initial mortality.
• Include the impact of the disease on society, such as the devastation, the way the sick were treated, and the impacts of the treatments that were used at the time.
• For an example of an impact on cultural history section within a historical perspective page, click here.

Famous Cases

• Include prominent cases of the condition in history (eg. Typhoid Mary).
• Include famous people who were afflicted by the condition.
• Include famous cases that defined the condition in history.

References

• References should be cited for the material that you have put on your page. Type in {{reflist|2}}. This will generate your references in small font, in two columns, with links to the original article and abstract.
• For information on how to add references into your page, click here.