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The term "thrush" was 1st described in "Of the Epidemics," a part of Hippocrarte's Book of Greek Medicine in about 400 B.C.
"Thrush" refers to the resemblance of "white flecks" which is seen in certain types of Candidiasis; it also refers to the breast or flock of birds -
Samuel Pepys' Diary reported: "A patient hath a fever, a thrush and a hiccup."
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Nils Rosen Von Rosenstein defined an invasive form of thrush.
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Also described by French pediatrician Francois Valleix
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Laugenbeck 1st documented fungus associated with thrush but failed to make a direct connection
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Frech mycologist Charles Phillipe Robin classified fungus as Oidium Albicans to name the fugus causing thrush.
*Albicans means "to whiten" -
Mycologists accepted Pepys' perception
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Candida Albicans (C. Albicans) was 1st described by botanist Christine Marie Berkhout
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