title: Stroke in ancient times: a reinterpretation of Psalms 137:5,6.
abstract: Stroke was probably first described in Psalms 136: 5-6 of the Catholic Bible, and Psalms 137:5-6 of the Evangelical Bible. Based on the Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch, Russian, Greek, and original Hebrew Bible, the significance of this Psalm is the invocation of a punishment, of which the final result would be a stroke of the left middle cerebral artery, causing motor aphasia and right hemiparesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Botucatu School of Medicine, São Paulo State University, Brazil. luanlire@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Luiz Antonio de Lima
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Resende
authors.forename: Silke Anna Theresa
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Marcelo Fernando Zeugner
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bertotti
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agapejev
mesh_terms: D001633:Bible; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000266:history; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D020521:Stroke / Q000266:history*; D014177:Translations