UNIVERSITY OF CRETE, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, HERACLION, GREECE.
IVANO-FRANKIVSK NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, IVANO-FRANKIVSK, UKRAINE.
Wiad Lek. 2022;75(8 pt 1):1900-1902. doi: 10.36740/WLek202208114.
The aim: This paper explores the documentation of the effect of quartan fever on, the ancient Greek equivalent of conditions falling nowadays under the spectrum of depression, in Greco-Roman medical sources.
Materials and methods: The authors searched original medical texts written in Greek by physicians who lived and practiced Medicine in the broader Mediterranean region from the 5th century BC to the 7th century AD for records related to quartan fever and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Conclusions: Quartan fever was used as a treatment for neuropsychiatric conditions until the middle of the 20th century. Although malaria can have severe neuropsychiatric sequelae, the neuroimmunological underpinnings of the effect of fever and heat on depression warrant further investigation.
本文探讨了在古希腊文献中，间日疟对现今属于抑郁谱系的疾病的记载。
作者在公元前 5 世纪至公元 7 世纪期间，在更广泛的地中海地区生活和行医的希腊医生所著的原始医学文本中，搜索了与间日疟和神经精神疾病相关的记录。
直到 20 世纪中叶，间日疟仍被用作治疗神经精神疾病的方法。虽然疟疾会导致严重的神经精神后遗症，但发热和热对抑郁影响的神经免疫学基础值得进一步研究。
