Kullandığımız tıbbî terimlerin pek çoğu mitolojik ve tarihî kökene sahiptir. Nörolojide de bu terimlere
rastlamak mümkündür. fiüphesiz epilepsi veya oromandibüler distoninin tarihsel adını bilmeden
de mükemmel bir klinisyen olunabilir. Ne var ki, bugün günlük kullanımda olmayanlar dâhil
bu orijinal terimleri hatırlamak nörolojiyi uygarlaştırmakta ve tıbbın iki ana parçası olan bilim ve
san’atı kaynaştırmaktadır.
Tümü yazılmaya çalışılsa başlı başına bir kitap oluşturabilecek bu bilgilerden hoş ve popüler olanları
derlenmiştir.

Most of the medical verbs and eponyms which we use today have been derived from mythology
and history. People were interested in medicine and treating diseases even in ancient times. Many
medical verbs have been originated from dedication to the person who was related with the disease
mostly by giving his name to the illness. Giving the name of the famous sufferer to the illness
has been another common approach. Literal characters as well as mythological ones and sometimes
the figures of a painter may inspire for a medical verb.
It’s obvious that being a perfect clinician doesn’t require the knowledge of epilepsy’s or oromandibular
distony’s historical names. However; remembering these original terms including the ones
which are not in use today civilizes neurology and join the two major parts of medicine; science
and art. Even though current tendency among clinicians is to neglect art, these two major parts
complete each other.
It’s not possible to mention all the stories in an article since this will probably account for a thick
book. Popular and entertaining ones have been presented to the readers here.