William Osler first used the term “mycotic aneurysm” in 1885 to describe a mushroom-shaped aneurysm in a patient with subacute bacterial endocarditis 1).
Meralgia paresthetica was first described by Hager in 1885 2).
Bernhardt reported more extensively on the condition in 1895, and 2 weeks later Roth published a paper in which he coined the term meralgia, from the Greek words meros for thigh and algos for pain 3). and Bernhardt in 1895 4).