septicemia 的詞源

在醫學上，“敗血症中毒，腐敗”，1857年，現代拉丁語 septicæmia，來自法語 septicoemi，由法國醫生皮埃爾-阿道夫·皮奧裏（Pierre-Adolphe Piorry）（1794-1879）於1837年不規則地創造，源自希臘語 septikos（參見 septic）+ haima “血液”（參見 -emia）。相關： Septicemic。

Dr. Piorry, in a second communication, insists upon the fact, that in a great number of cases the decaying contents of the uterus, and the putrid infection of the blood from this source, constitute the so-called puerperal fever, and he thinks that the discussion in the Academy is only a fight about words, as the different speakers agree, without knowing it themselves, upon the nature of the disease. He proposes the name of septicemia, as best designating the sources of the disease, viz., from putrid infection from the uterus, and by the respiration of an atmosphere pregnant with septic particles. ... The admission of this septicemia explains the putrid accidents, as observed in men, the foetus, and wounded persons during a puerperal epidemic. [E. Noeggerath and A. Jacobi, "Contributions to Midwifery," New York, 1859]

皮奧裏博士在第二次交流中堅持認爲，在許多情況下，子宮腐爛的內容物和來自這個來源的腐敗感染的血液構成所謂的產褥熱，他認爲學院的討論只是一場關於詞語的爭鬥，因爲不同的發言者在不知不覺中達成了一致，對於疾病的本質。他提出了敗血症這個名稱，最能描述疾病的來源，即來自子宮的腐敗感染，以及通過呼吸充滿敗血症顆粒的大氣而來。......承認這種敗血症可以解釋在產褥熱流行期間觀察到的男性、胎兒和受傷者的腐敗事故。[E. Noeggerath and A. Jacobi，“婦產科學的貢獻”，紐約，1859]