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The authors coined the condition "Pickwickian syndrome" after the character Joe from Dickens' The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1837), who was markedly obese and tended to fall asleep uncontrollably during the day. [14] This report, however, was preceded by other descriptions of hypoventilation in obesity.
The term "Pickwickian syndrome" that is sometimes used for the syndrome was coined by the famous early 20th-century physician William Osler, who must have been a reader of Charles Dickens. The description of Joe, "the fat boy" in Dickens's novel The Pickwick Papers, is an accurate clinical picture of an adult with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Charles Burwell in 1956 recognized obstructive sleep apnea as Pickwickian syndrome. [6] Circadian rhythm sleep disorders were discovered in 1981 by Weitzman as delayed sleep phase syndrome in contrast to advanced sleep phase syndrome in 1979. [7]
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel by English author Charles Dickens.His previous work was Sketches by Boz, published in 1836, and his publisher Chapman & Hall asked Dickens to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour, [1] and to connect them into a novel.
Pickwickian syndrome, a medical disease named from the Dickens novel; Don Pickwick (1925–2004), Welsh footballer; Eleazer Pickwick (1748 or 1749–1837), British businessman; Pickwick Book Shop, a defunct bookshop in Hollywood, California
Chronic respiratory acidosis also may be secondary to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (i.e., Pickwickian syndrome), neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and severe restrictive ventilatory defects as observed in interstitial lung disease and thoracic deformities. [citation needed]
Samuel Pickwick, British literary character – Pickwickian syndrome. Lester Piggott, British horse race jockey – Lester Award. Joseph Pilates, German physical trainer – the Pilates Method. Józef Piłsudski, Polish general and president – Piłsudskiite. James Pimm, British businessman – Pimm's.