where did the term vegetative state come from
Persistent vegetative state The syndrome was first described in 1940 by Ernst Kretschmer who called it apallic syndrome.[30] The term persistent vegetative state was coined in 1972 by Scottish spinal surgeon Bryan Jennett and American neurologist Fred Plum to describe a syndrome that seemed to have been made possible by medicine's increased capacities to keep patients' bodies alive.[10][31]