アテトーゼとジストニーの歴史的概観

Historical aspect of athetosis and dystonia

“Die Diagnose der Krankheiten，die immer abhängig ist von den jeweiligen medizinischen Kenntnissen und Auffassungskategorien，…”(病気の診断というものは，常にその時その時の医学的知識と解釈の範疇に依存しているものである)──Karl Jaspers¹⁾（1935）──

Athetosis and dystonia were reviewed from historical standpoint, especially on their early descriptions, and the relations of these concepts were discussed. The term 'chorea' was coined by Paracelsus to denote St. Vitus dance, but it became widely used not only in its original disease, but also in other peculiar involuntary movements. 'Athetosis' was the term made by Hammond in 1871, which means a group of involuntary movements different from chorea, while dystonia was coined by Oppenheim in 1911, on peculiar abnormal posture.