Does anyone know: In which year was the first brain tumor discovered?
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Cancer itself was well known in prehistoric times, but I can't tell you anything about brain tumors specifically. Anyway, if the topic interests you, I once saw an author's presentation of this book and it seemed like a very good read: amazon.de/The-Emperor-All-Maladies-Biography/dp/1439170916.– rumtschoCommented Oct 24, 2015 at 9:48
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Hmm this meta seems to suggest we find this question relevant on health.SE. Are questions about medical history on topic? I'll leave this here in case people have questions about historical relevance in health.SE like I did.– Dave LiuCommented Feb 12, 2016 at 20:34
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According to this source and this, brain cancer was first discovered in 1873 and brain tumor before that. We can't say for sure when the first case of brain tumor occurred because it may have been originated in the prehistoric times. Since no data was recorded in those times, it isn't certain to say when and where the first case of brain tumor occurred.
It’s not that hard to answer the question of who discovered brain cancer – this breakthrough is credited to Gupta Longati, a Russian scientist, who discovered the disease in 1873.
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1Please write those important lines from your source here as it is gone. That is the problem of linked answers:(– user1893Commented Oct 25, 2015 at 2:57
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I don't think information about "Gupta Longati" is reliable. Only 200 Google results about him, wiki doesn't say anything about him nowhere. I'm sure at least some Encyclopedia should have such information.– kenorbCommented Oct 28, 2015 at 10:16
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@kenorb Maybe it didn't in 2015 when you commented, but Wikipedia does credit him now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_brain_cancer– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Jan 24, 2017 at 5:06
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The only source on Wikipedia is the link to another Q&A page with no author who wrote it and external page-not-found page with no cached page, so it's pretty bad source.– kenorbCommented Jan 24, 2017 at 11:58
I have heard it was discovered in 1879. There were some cases before that of people with the same symptoms, but doctors didn't know what it was.
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3Please note that this site (unlike many on SE) requires sources which support answers . Please see the site tour and the help sections for more information about Health.SE.– JohnPCommented Oct 23, 2015 at 21:29
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@JohnP:
(unlike many on SE): what do you want to mean by that? Every site does require source-authenticity & specifications that support answer or any query. Just write any answer on History SE; you would be immediately approached by a mod to cite any source for the claim; same is in the case of Skeptics SE. So, those words do not fit at all:/– user1893Commented Oct 25, 2015 at 3:01 -
1@user36790 ELL and ELU are more flexible on using references, for example (it depends on the sort of question being asked), world building, puzzles and academia SE rarely have references at all... But it is discussed on meta why references are so important when answering questions about health.– LuckyCommented Oct 26, 2015 at 2:18
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Many SE sites don't require citations. In fact, stackoverflow, the original SE site, doesn't. Bicycles, cooking, superuser, home improvement, woodworking, aviation, pets, and a host of others also don't.– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 18:21