Gilbert D L
Laboratory of Biophysics, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Respir Physiol. 1991 Nov;86(2):147-57. doi: 10.1016/0034-5687(91)90077-v.
The first documented description of acute altitude sickness was published by Father Acosta in 1590. Acosta described this sickness when he traveled through a pass across the Andean divide in central Peru near the mountain Pariacaca. Almost all the maps of modern Peru do not name this mountain. We present evidence that mountaineers who have climbed this mountain know it as Tullujuto. This change in name is the reason why physiologists have found it difficult to locate Acosta's route; consequently the altitude where Acosta experienced this sickness could not be determined until recently. Further, we speculate that political pressures in the late 18th century caused the place name of Pariacaca either to be obliterated or else to be changed to Tullujuto.
1590年，阿科斯塔神父发表了关于急性高原病的首次文献记载描述。阿科斯塔在穿越秘鲁中部靠近帕里亚卡卡山的安第斯山脉分水岭的一个山口时描述了这种疾病。现代秘鲁的几乎所有地图都没有标注这座山的名字。我们提供的证据表明，攀登过这座山的登山者称它为图柳胡托。名称的这种变化就是生理学家难以找到阿科斯塔路线的原因；因此，直到最近才确定阿科斯塔经历这种疾病的海拔高度。此外，我们推测18世纪后期的政治压力导致帕里亚卡卡的地名要么被抹去，要么被改为图柳胡托。
