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==[[Diverticulosis historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]==
==[[Diverticulosis historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]==
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==Overview==
The Diverticulosis described as early as 17th century but, most of the information we now have is based on much of the work during the 20th century<ref name="pmid18936648">{{cite journal |vauthors=Martel J, Raskin JB |title=History, incidence, and epidemiology of diverticulosis |journal=J. Clin. Gastroenterol. |volume=42 |issue=10 |pages=1125–7 |year=2008 |pmid=18936648 |doi=10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181865f18 |url=}}</ref>.
==Historical Perspective==
*Littre, in 1700, mentioned "diverticular hernia" without explaining it<ref name="urlDIVERTICULOSIS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE; AN EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS* | Annals of Internal Medicine">{{cite web |url=http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=670894 |title=DIVERTICULOSIS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE; AN EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS* &#124; Annals of Internal Medicine |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref>.
*It was Graser in 1899 who actually described the condition of diverticulitis and Beer in 1904 who correlated the histologic and clinical features<ref name="pmid20011269">{{cite journal| author=Hobson KG, Roberts PL| title=Etiology and pathophysiology of diverticular disease. | journal=Clin Colon Rectal Surg | year= 2004 | volume= 17 | issue= 3 | pages= 147-53 | pmid=20011269 | doi=10.1055/s-2004-832695 | pmc=PMC2780060 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20011269  }} </ref>.
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==[[Diverticulosis classification|Classification]]==
==[[Diverticulosis classification|Classification]]==

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