May Tabes Dorsalis Sometimes Have a Peripheral Origin ?

Who was first to diagnose and report neuropathic arthropathy of the foot and ankle: Jean-Martin Charcot or Herbert William Page?

“…He believed that the at the height of his career. Page was the first to diagnose and report tabetic arthropathy of the foot and ankle, and the first to propose a peripheral origin for this condition rather than a lesion of the brain or spinal cord [15]. From the Archives of the Royal College of Surgeons of England duty for this rested with the surgeons of general hospitals.…”

“…Page published a second case-that of a man in whom he made the diagnosis of 'Charcot arthropathy' when he presented with gross deformity of the foot and ankle in January 1882 [15]. The patient also gave a history of having had 'perforating' (now called 'neuropathic') ulcers of the feet over several years.…”

“…It is to a group of cases of this type that we wish to call attention.' At this point, they make no reference to Page or his presentation 2 years earlier, or to the much more recent report of his second case [13,15].…”