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Hoffman's Zaflphilip
The poem, Zaflphilip, or fidgety Philip, probably the first written mention of something that looks very much like ADHD by a medical professional. Hoffman's depiction of ADHD and ZaflPhilip still focuses blame on the child. Most historians seem to consider the real scientific starting point in the history of ADHD to be the Galstonian Lectures of Sir George Frederick Still in 1902.