1885
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).
1)
Bohmfalk GL, Story JL, Wissinger JP, et al. Bacterial Intracranial Aneurysm. J Neurosurg. 1978; 48:369–382
2)
Wilson SAK. Neurology, 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1955: 369.
3)
Roth: Meralgia Pareathetica, Berlin, S. Karger, 1895.
4)
Bernhardt Ueber isollert Gibiete des Nervua cutaneua femoris externua vorkommende paraeathealen, Neurot. Centraibl 242, 1895.