RT Journal Article
T1 Regarding pandemics: Ibn Jatima from Almeria anticipates the physiopathological concept of multi-organ failure in the 14th century
A1 Carranza, M. Herrera
K1 Pandemic
K1 Black death
K1 Coronavirus
K1 SARS-CoV-2
K1 Multiple organ failure
K1 Ibn Jatima
K1 Al-Andalus Medicine
K1 Medieval Medicine
AB In 1348, a pandemic known as Black Death devastated humanity and changed social, economic and geopolitical world order, as is the current case with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The doctor of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, Ibn Jatima from Almeria, wrote Treatise on the Plague, in which it may be found epidemiological and clinical similarities between both plagues. In the context of Greco-Arab medicine, he discovered respiratory and contact contagion of Pestis and attributed its physiopathology to a lack of pulmonary cooling of the innate heat, generated in the heart and carried by the blood humor. The process described was equivalent to the oxygen transport system. Furthermore, it was supposed to generate toxic residues, such as free radicals, leading to an irreversible multiple organ failure (MOF), considered a mortality factor as in Covid-19. Due to its similitude, it would be the first antecedent of the MOF physiopathological concept, a finding that enriches the scientific and historical heritage of our clinical specialty. (c) 2020 Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.
PB Elsevier espana slu
SN 0210-5691
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-19
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18835
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18835
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 18, 2025