Abstract：
Recognized since antiquity, gout is still a relevant pathology with rising prevalence and incidence. This study aims to assess the reference accuracy in journal articles mentioning the early use of the word \'gout\'. Specifically, it investigates whether the term was indeed coined in the 13th century by the Dominican monk Randolphus of Bocking, as widely believed. Several historical sources in their original Latin were consulted to test the hypothesis of literary mentions predating Randolphus of Bocking\'s description. At the same time, biomedical articles spanning the last two decades were perused using specific keywords in different combinations to determine the accuracy level of references related to the earliest use of the word \'gout\'. The results showed that several biomedical publications wrongly ascribed the origin of the word \'gout\' to Randolphus of Bocking. Indeed, various texts predate his mention by many years. In particular, gutta, the Latin word used to indicate a host of rheumatological conditions including gout, is recorded as early as the 10th century in a biography dedicated to the martyred nun Saint Wiborada of St. Gall. Written by Swiss monks between AD 960 and 963, this text should be regarded as containing the earliest known adoption of the word. For this reason, scholars should now avoid quoting Randolph of Bocking\'s description as the first use of the word \'gout\' in Western literature.
摘要：
自古以来就被承认，痛风仍是一种患病率和发病率上升的相关病理。这项研究旨在评估期刊文章中提到“痛风”一词的早期使用的参考准确性。具体来说,它调查了这个术语是否确实是在13世纪由多米尼加僧侣RandolphusBocking创造的，正如人们普遍认为的那样。查阅了其原始拉丁文中的几个历史资料，以检验在Bocking描述的Randolphus之前的文学提及假设。同时,使用不同组合中的特定关键字对过去二十年的生物医学文章进行了细读，以确定与最早使用“痛风”一词相关的参考文献的准确性水平。结果表明，一些生物医学出版物错误地将“痛风”一词的起源归因于Bocking的Randolphus。的确,各种文本早于他提到很多年。特别是,古塔,拉丁语用来表示许多风湿病，包括痛风，早在10世纪，它就被记录在献给圣加尔烈士修女圣维伯拉达的传记中。由瑞士僧侣在公元960年至963年之间撰写，该文本应被视为包含最早的已知采用该词。出于这个原因,学者们现在应该避免引用伦道夫对博金的描述，因为这是西方文学中第一次使用“痛风”这个词。
