Pickwickian syndrome: who lays first claim to this eponym?

Italian Journal of Medicine ◽

10.4081/itjm.2010.74 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 74-80

Author(s):

Francesco Sgambato ◽

Luca Milano ◽

Ester Sgambato ◽

Giovanni Leone Piscitelli

Keyword(s):

Pickwickian Syndrome

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Adolescent paraplegia, morbid obesity, and pickwickian syndrome: outcome of gastric bypass surgery

Journal of Pediatric Surgery ◽

10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.12.014 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. e41-e44 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Go Miyano ◽

Maninder Kalra ◽

Thomas H. Inge

Keyword(s):

Morbid Obesity ◽

Gastric Bypass ◽

Bypass Surgery ◽

Gastric Bypass Surgery ◽

Pickwickian Syndrome

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A Note on the Pickwickian Syndrome and Felix Platter (1536–1614)

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences ◽

10.1093/jhmas/40.1.66 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 66-67

Author(s):

FRANCIS SCHILLER

Keyword(s):

Pickwickian Syndrome

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PICKWICKIAN SYNDROME

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.64.3.385 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 64 (3) ◽

pp. 385-385

Author(s):

M. Yirka

Keyword(s):

Charles Dickens ◽

Muscular Activity ◽

Signs And Symptoms ◽

Boa Constrictor ◽

Pickwickian Syndrome

A classic description of the association of the signs and symptoms of the PICKWICKIAN SYNDROME was written by Charles Dickens. The author refers to "a fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency." This boy was subsequently addressed as YOUNG DROPSY, YOUNG OPIUM-EATER AND YOUNG BOA CONSTRICTOR—no doubt in reference to his obesity, his somnolence and his excessive appetite. A characteristic of these patients is an extraordinary degree of somnolence in which sleep may overcome the patient while he is sitting up or even while he is engaged in conversation or other muscular activity.

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