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> before CTE was even named, let alone well-known It wasn't named yet, and wasn't described using all the diagnostic tools we have at our disposal today, but i
by Igelau 6y ago
> before CTE was even named, let alone well-known
It wasn't named yet, and wasn't described using all the diagnostic tools we have at our disposal today, but it was very well-known.
They were calling it "punch drunk". The phrase appears in the article. It's been widely known for a long time that repeated head traumas are really really bad for you and can come back to haunt you later in life.
Just because they weren't calling it CTE doesn't absolve them of knowingly sending these kids into repeated harm.
- bumby 6y agoYou’re right and I should’ve been more specific. I don’t, however, think it was widely known outside the medical community. “Getting your bell rung” and wandering to the wrong huddle was something laughed about. I doubt people do that now because we’ve come to understand the deleterious effects. “Punch drunk” (and associated pugilistic dementia) was well known but I suspect most people did not think the long term effects extended beyond boxing (hence the names), where it’s literally one of the aims to cause head trauma (outside of Olympic point-style)