When it comes to Multiple Sclerosis history there are a few important facts to know. The first person to document MS was Dr. Jean Martin Charcot in 1868. However, the four different forms of MS weren’t actually described as standard until 1996. The forms that were described are as follows: progressive relapsing, primary progressive, secondary progressive, relapsing remitting. The reason these subgroups were identified by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to ensure accurate treatment and prognosis.

Long before Dr. Charcot’s work, a Dutch saint named Lidwina was the very first documented MS patient.  At the time of her death in 1433 her condition was not recognized as MS. Another famous historic figure who had this disease was King George III who died in 1848. His disease was also not diagnosed as MS but it was through his collection of symptom descriptions that he kept in his diary that were later …