Historical perspective template

# Introduction to the Historical Perspective Page
- The page name should be "(Disease name) historical perspective", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
- Goal: to provide the background on the history of how the disease/condition was discovered, and the developments in the study of the disease over time.
- As with all microchapter pages linking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template , and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
- Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing ] around key words which you want to link to other pages. Make sure you makes your links as specific as possible. For example if a sentence contained the phrase anterior spinal artery syndrome, the link should be to anterior spinal artery syndrome not anterior or artery or syndrome.  For more information on how to create links click here.
- Remember this is not the page for patient history, or the natural history of the disease.
- Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters  as outlined in the template below
- You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.

# Overview
- This section should include the name of the disease in the first sentence, and give a brief description of the important aspects of the information that is relayed in the rest of the page.
- For an example of the overview section of the historical perspective page, click here.

## Template
- First Sentence:
- Examples:
- Additional Sentences:
- Examples:

# Preferred Template Statements
IF the circumstances under which the disease was discovered are known:
-  was first discovered by , a , in /during/following .
Other sentences may describe the development of diagnostic techniques or therapies to treat the disease, outbreaks or epidemics throughout history, discoveries relating to the pathogenesis or causes of the disease, etc. A non-comprehensive list of additional template statements is below.
- In ,  was developed by  to treat/diagnose .
- There have been several outbreaks of , which are summarized below.
- The association between  and  was made in/during .
- In ,  was the first to discover the association between  and the development of .
- In ,  mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of .
- The following are a few famous cases of .

# Discovery
- This section should describe how the disease was initially discovered, when it was discovered, and who discovered it.
- For an example of the discovery section within a historical perspective page, click here.

# Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies
- Include notable scientists who studied the condition.
- Include landmark changes in approaches to studying the disease.
- This is a good place to include pictures of treatments, such as the "iron lung" for polio. For more information on adding pictures, click here.
- For an example of a development of treatment strategies section within a historical perspective page, click here.

# Impact on Cultural History
- Here you can include the impact the disease has had over time from a cultural aspect.
- Include pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks, and initial mortality.
- Include the impact of the disease on society, such as the devastation, the way the sick were treated, and the impacts of the treatments that were used at the time.
- For an example of an impact on cultural history section within a historical perspective page, click here.

# Famous Cases
- Include prominent cases of the condition in history (eg. Typhoid Mary).
- Include famous people who were afflicted by the condition.
- Include famous cases that defined the condition in history.