When1: 1660
When2: 1682
Who: Thomas Syndenham [Syndenham, Thomas]
What: physician
Where: Londin, England
works\ Epistolary Dissertation to Dr. Cole [1682]; On Hysteria [1682]
Detail: He lived 1624 to 1689 and described diseases accurately. Hysteria in women and hypochondrias in men are similar. Hysterical symptoms often accompany depression. He invented opium tincture {laudanum, Syndenham} [1660].
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