Urban Observation and Sentiment in James Parkinson’s Essay.
James Parkinson is most famous for publishing 'An Essay on the Shaking Palsy' in 1817, which established Parkinson's as a recognised medical condition. He was a pioneer not only in medicine, but also in his scientific and political interests.James Parkinson’s Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817) has long been considered the foundational text of the disease which now bears the author’s name. This paper shows how the Essay radically re-formulated a diverse array of human dysmobilities as a “species” of disease. Parkinson incorporated medical observation with a clear focus on patient experience and subjectivity in a deeply.Buy An Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817) by Parkinson, James (ISBN: 9781168908698) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
English: First page of James Parkinson's landmark 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, providing the first description of the disease that would bear his name. Date 1817.In 1817, at the age of 62, Parkinson published his medical essay, eloquently describing the condition he called the “Shaking Palsy” or “paralysis agitans,” which is now known by his name as “Parkinson's disease.” His narrative reporting of six case histories is as readable as a 19th-century British novel, and has been called a.
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