Phrenitis
Phrenitis was employed in ancient Greece by
Hippocrates and his followers. It refers to acute inflammation of mind and body, not in a theoretical but in a descriptive sense. Its presumed seat was never anatomically or conceptually well determined. The diagnose was used during theMiddle Ages : a mental confusion or contiuousdelirium withfever .Phrenitis means an
inflammation of the brain, or of themeninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium. Symptoms varie widely in severity, from shortlived, relatively slight effects of headache, drowsiness, and fever toparalysis ,coma , anddeath .History teaches that the ancient phrenitis concept has been used until the 19th century. After that time the concept was replaced by the word delirium. By their epigonic character the detailed descriptions of phrenitis by
Gerard van Swieten mark only the end of an uncritical use of the term. The epoch-making work of Morgagni, based on clinical-anatomical observations, provides a definitive insight into the location of the condition and into many pathologic features. Pinel is the last author who mentions phrenitis in a classification of diseases.Phrenitis is no longer in scientific use. Nowadays
meningitis orencephalitis are diagnosed. Relating to phrenitis: suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic.External link
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9245190
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Phrenitis — ist eine Diagnose aus dem Mittelalter. Die übliche Definition lautete lat.: Delirium continuum cum febre Anhaltendes Delirium mit Fieber. Neben ein Delirium als Störung der mentalen Fähigkeiten trat ein akutes Fieber als kennzeichnendes Symptom.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Phrenitis — Phre*ni tis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?.] 1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; called also {cephalitis}. [1913 Webster] 2. See {Frenzy}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Phrenītis — (griech.), Zwerchfellentzündung … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
PHRENITIS — sapientiae morbus, Plinio, l. 7. c. 51. cui et fimbriarum curam et vestium plicaturas tribuit. Eidem κροκυδισμὸν Galenus ascribit, in Medico; Ubi κροκυδισμὸς, est a verbo κροκυδίζειν, quod Pollux exponit ἐκλέγειν τὸ τραχὺ τοῦ ἐρίου, asperiores… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
phrenitis — /fri nuy tis/, n. Pathol. (formerly) 1. inflammation of the brain; encephalitis. 2. delirium; frenzy. [1615 25; < LL phrenitis delirium, frenzy < Gk phrenîtis. See PHREN , ITIS] * * * … Universalium
Phrenitis — Phre|ni|tis die; , ...itiden <über lat. phrenitis aus gr. phrenĩtis, eigtl. »Wahnsinn«, weil das Zwerchfell als Sitz des Verstandes galt> Zwerchfellentzündung (Med.) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
phrenitis — noun /fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs,fɹəˈnaɪdəs/ Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis. Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word , is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage [...] … Wiktionary
phrenitis — noun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever ( phrenitis is no longer in scientific use) • Syn: ↑encephalitis, ↑cephalitis • Hypernyms: ↑inflammation,… … Useful english dictionary
Phrenitis — Phre|ni|tis 〈f.; , ti|den; Med.〉 Zwerchfellentzündung [zu grch. phren „Zwerchfell; Geist, Sinn, Gemüt, Verstand“] * * * Phre|ni|tis, die; , …itiden (Med.): Zwerchfellentzündung … Universal-Lexikon
phrénitis — (fré ni tis ) s. f. Nom donné par les médecins grecs à une fièvre rémittente, caractérisée par le délire et la carphologie. ÉTYMOLOGIE Du grec, intelligence … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
