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 goal of this section is 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.
Remember to put {{CMG}} at the top of the page along with your name template, and the template you created for the navigation bars at the right side of the box.
Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below.
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.

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.

This section should describe how the disease was initially discovered, when it was discovered, and who discovered it.
You can also describe the impact of the discovery in this section.

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.

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.

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.