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==Overview==
==Overview==
Sims (1995, p.31) points out a "superb detailed and lengthy description" of delirium in ''The Stroller's Tale'' from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sims, Andrew |title=Symptoms in the mind: an introduction to descriptive psychopathology |publisher=W. B. Saunders |location=Philadelphia |year=2002 |pages= |isbn=0-7020-2627-1 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref><ref>Dickens, C. (1837) ''The Pickwick Papers''. Available for free on [[Project Gutenberg]].</ref>
The concept of [[delirium]] has been evolving over centuries. [[Delirium]] was first identified in the 16th century. In the second half of the 19th century, [[delirium]] was identified by French workers as [[chaotic thinking]] and [[cognitive]] failure, clouding of [[consciousness]], temporospatial [[disorientation]]. The definition of [[confusion]] and [[delirium]] was established by Chaslin and Bonhoeffer as the stereotyped manifestations of acute [[brain]] failure.
 
==Historical Perspective==
*  [[Delirium]] was first identified in the 16th century.
* In the second half of the 19th century, [[delirium]] was identified by French workers as [[chaotic thinking]] and [[cognitive failure]], [[clouding of consciousness]], [[temporospatial disorientation]] .
* The definition of [[confusion]] and [[delirium]] was established by Chaslin and Bonhoeffer as the stereotyped manifestations of [[acute brain failure]]. <ref name="WackerNunes2005">{{cite journal|last1=Wacker|first1=Priscilla|last2=Nunes|first2=Paula V.|last3=Forlenza|first3=Orestes V.|title=Delirium: uma perspectiva histórica|journal=Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)|volume=32|issue=3|year=2005|pages=97–103|issn=1806-938X|doi=10.1590/S0101-60832005000300001}}</ref>
 
==References==
==References==
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Overview

The concept of delirium has been evolving over centuries. Delirium was first identified in the 16th century. In the second half of the 19th century, delirium was identified by French workers as chaotic thinking and cognitive failure, clouding of consciousness, temporospatial disorientation. The definition of confusion and delirium was established by Chaslin and Bonhoeffer as the stereotyped manifestations of acute brain failure.

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  1. Wacker, Priscilla; Nunes, Paula V.; Forlenza, Orestes V. (2005). "Delirium: uma perspectiva histórica". Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo). 32 (3): 97–103. doi:10.1590/S0101-60832005000300001. ISSN 1806-938X.

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