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The History of Lupus Erythematosis
The term autoimmune was not used until 1951. And it was only in 1957 that the word autoimmunity was coined. So, now I want to take us through a brief tour of how we came to terms with this concept. It's really complicated and it's counterintuitive. But anyway, it'll be a whole episode. Yeah,. post residency, please. Right. yeah. The dominant idea of disease development during pre-germ theory time was called humeral theory - yellow bile, black blood phlegm or blockage could lead to certain types of lupus.