Editing Enuresis (section)

== History ==
Enuresis was first documented in the [[Ebers Papyrus]] in 1550 BCE. Roman author Gaius Plinius Secundus (CE 23/24–79) (''Pliny the Elder'') documents nocturnal enuresis in his work, "Natural History" (CE 77), stating that "the incontinence of urine in infants is checked by giving boiled mice in their food."<ref name="Salmon_1975">{{cite journal | vauthors = Salmon MA | title = An historical account of nocturnal enuresis and its treatment | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine | volume = 68 | issue = 7 | pages = 443–5 | date = July 1975 | pmid = 801839 | pmc = 1863929 | doi = 10.1177/003591577506800726 }}</ref> Furthermore, in the eighteenth century, children with enuresis were subjected to a variety of chemical and mechanical treatments including fluid restriction, enemata, the use of an alarm clock, cold baths, warm baths, cold dashes to the perineum and douches to the lower spine.<ref name="Salmon_1975" />

Enuresis has previously been documented as an occurrence in members of the [[military]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boots on the Ground|url=https://ushistoryscene.com/article/us-marines-pacific/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=US History Scene|date=7 October 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Backus PL, Mansell GS | title = Enuresis in the Army | journal = British Medical Journal | volume = 2 | issue = 4370 | pages = 462–5 | date = October 1944 | pmid = 20785684 | pmc = 2286383 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.2.4370.462 }}</ref> During [[World War II]], bedwetting was considered as part of neuropsychiatric evaluation of a soldier for discharge.<ref>{{Cite book | first1 = Leonard D | last1 = Heaton | first2 = Robert S | last2 = Anderson | first3 = Albert J | last3 = Glass | first4 = Robert J | last4 = Bernucci | name-list-style = vanc |title=Neuropsychiatry in World War II|date=1966–1973|publisher=Office of the Surgeon General, Dept. of the Army|pages=256|oclc=3993673}}</ref>