Mathew Stephen K, Pandian Jeyaraj D
The Leprosy Mission, P.O Motinagar, Masaudha, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh 224 201, India.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2010 Jul;13(3):164-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.70873.
Many people over the years have studied the Bible from a medical point of view offering diagnoses for the symptoms and signs that appear to have afflicted numerous individuals in the Bible. We review the biblical characters in the Old Testament and offer newer insights to their neurological diseases. We first look at the battle between Goliath and David. Interestingly, Goliath probably suffered from acromegaly. We propose autism as a diagnosis for Samson which would precede the first known case of autism by centuries. Isaac was a diabetic, and he probably had autonomic neuropathy. Few verses from the books of I Samuel, Psalms, and Ezekiel reveal symptoms suggestive of stroke. Jacob suffered from sciatica, and the child of the Shunnamite woman in II Kings had a subarachnoid hemorrhage. These instances among others found in the Old Testament of the Bible offer newer insights on the history of current neurological diseases.
多年来，许多人从医学角度研究《圣经》，针对《圣经》中似乎折磨了众多人物的症状和体征给出诊断。我们审视《旧约》中的圣经人物，并对他们所患的神经系统疾病提供新的见解。我们首先来看歌利亚与大卫之战。有趣的是，歌利亚可能患有肢端肥大症。我们提出参孙患有自闭症，这比首个已知的自闭症病例早几个世纪。以撒是糖尿病患者，他可能患有自主神经病变。《撒母耳记上》《诗篇》和《以西结书》中的几节经文揭示了中风的症状。雅各患有坐骨神经痛，《列王纪下》中顺纳明妇人的孩子患有蛛网膜下腔出血。《圣经》旧约中的这些例子以及其他例子为当前神经系统疾病的历史提供了新的见解。
