Reply to the Letter by Bilgin et al.: Straw Peter Syndrome – A Literary Mistake?

Autor:	Valmantas Budrys
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Psychoanalysis Neurology Philosophy medicine Eponym Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Mistake Neurology (clinical) medicine.disease
Zdroj:	European Neurology. 59:337-337
ISSN:	1421-9913 0014-3022
Popis:	337 Firstly please let me express thanks for the interest in my paper and the valuable comments on Straw Peter Syndrome. I fully agree that Fidgety Philip represents most of the typical attention deficit hyperactivity disorder features; nevertheless other characters of the book also display some of them and together form a complete picture of the syndrome. Concerning renaming of the syndrome, the name of the book Struwwelpeter seems merely more mem orable and euphonious, so more suitable for a literary eponym. An analogous example could be the well-known Pickwick syndrome – named after the book, not the name of the fat boy Joe. Though somewhat inaccurate, the Straw Peter Syndrome is already anchored in medicine and a difficult task will be to change it. Eur Neurol 2008;59:337 DOI: 10.1159/000121430
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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