Chapter 4.Delirium
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The word delirium originates from the Latin de (meaning “out of”) and lira (meaning “furrow”). It was probably introduced by Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a Roman best known for his medical encyclopedia De Medicina (Adamis et al. 2007). In this work, the term delirium was used to describe the acute confusional states that could occur after wound infections or head injuries. In the modern era, the term is still used in the same sense—namely, to describe confusional states that may occur in physically ill patients.
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