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What is the history of Narcolepsy?
When was Narcolepsy discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?
I don't know much about tbe history but my understanding is they found out about it from dogs they have narcolepsy
Posted Jun 12, 2017 by Faith 2000
https://med.stanford.edu/narcolepsy.html
Posted Jun 13, 2017 by Karen 2000
Narcolepsy is the English form of the French word narcolepsie, and was first used in 1880 by the French physician Jean-Baptiste-Edouard Gélineau (1828-1906)
Since the 1960's there has been a dramatic increase in research in narcolepsy and sleep medicine associated with expansion of sleep centres in many countries.
Since the 1960's there has been a dramatic increase in research in narcolepsy and sleep medicine associated with expansion of sleep centres in many countries.
Posted Aug 17, 2017 by Laurie 2271
Narcolepsy was first described in 1877 by a German physician. The name was coined in 1880 by a French physician. Narcolepsys location in hypothalamus was identified. Orexin was identified in 1998.
Posted Oct 6, 2017 by Aaron 2811
Well first God created the world.....
Posted Nov 21, 2017 by sns 1510
According to Stanford Medicine Center for Narcolepsy - History of Narcolepsy (http://med.stanford.edu/narcolepsy/narcolepsyhistory.html), narcolepsy with cataplexy was discovered in the 1870s in Germany by Westphal and Fisher, but wasn't specifically named. It wasn't until 1880 in France that the disorder was named narcolepsy by Gelineau. 1902 was when cataplexy was named by Loewenfeld.
Posted May 21, 2018 by chazer25 3050
