[Fever--a millenarian subject].
Since the antiquity up to the 19th century fever goes for an illness of its own rights. About 1900 temperature measurement has become clinical routine and fever synonymous with elevated body heat. In the time before accelerated pulse rate was the pathognomic sign. The detection of specific pathogen organisms leads to a new understanding of nosology and to the dissolution of the fever entity. However the antipyretic therapy remains essentially the same until the appearance of antibiotics.
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Institut für Medizingeschichte der Universität Bern, Bühlstrasse 26, CH-3000 Bern 9. urs.boschung@mhi.unibe.ch
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000266:history*; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000266:history*; D013821:Thermometers / Q000266:history*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents