An Essay on the Shaking Palsy

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An Essay on the Shaking Palsy is the 1817 medical monograph by James Parkinson that first clinically described the disease now known as Parkinson’s disease.

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instanceOf medical monograph
non-fiction book
author James Parkinson NERFINISHED
citedBy modern neurology textbooks
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describesCourseOfDisease chronic and progressive
describesFeature absence of paralysis
absence of sensory loss
slowly progressive motor disorder
describesPatientGroup elderly individuals
describesSymptom bent posture
difficulty walking
muscular weakness
postural instability
resting tremor
field medicine
neurology
firstClinicalDescriptionOf Parkinson's disease GENERATED
hasAuthorCitizenship British
hasAuthorOccupation apothecary
palaeontologist
surgeon
hasLegacy established clinical criteria for Parkinsonian syndrome
historicalSignificance foundational description of Parkinson's disease
influenceOn clinical neurology
movement disorder classification
language English
namedAfterAuthorIn Parkinson's disease NERFINISHED
originalTermUsedForDisease shaking palsy
pages 66
publicationYear 1817
publisherLocation London NERFINISHED
relatedTo extrapyramidal diseases
movement disorders
subject Parkinson's disease
timePeriod 19th century
title An Essay on the Shaking Palsy NERFINISHED

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