Ancient history There have been reports of stupor-like and catatonia-like states in people throughout the history of psychiatry. In ancient Greece, the first physician to document stupor-like or catatonia-like states was Hippocrates, in his Aphorisms. He never defined the syndrome, but seemingly observed these states in people he was treating for melancholia. In ancient China, the first descriptions of people that appear in the Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), the book which forms the basis of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is thought to have been compiled by many people over the course of centuries during the Warring States Period (475-221 BCE) and the early Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE).
ancient history there have been reports of stupor-like and catatonia-like states in people throughout the history of psychiatry in ancient greece the first physician to document stupor-like or catatonia-like states was hippocrates in his aphorisms he never defined the syndrome but seemingly observed these states in people he was treating for melancholia in ancient china the first descriptions of people that appear in the huangdi neijing (the yellow emperor's inner canon) the book which forms the basis of traditional chinese medicine it is thought to have been compiled by many people over the course of centuries during the warring states period (475-221 bce) and the early han dynasty (206 bce-220 ce)