Parkinson’s disease – 200 years: the outstanding contribution of “Old Hubert”
ABSTRACT Two hundred years after the publication, of “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”, this indisputable landmark in our understanding of the nature of Parkinson’s disease still remains. What is frequently overlooked, however, is the originality of James Parkinson’s ideas about how clinical observati...
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| author | Hélio A. G. Teive Renato P. Munhoz Andrew J. Lees |
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| description | ABSTRACT Two hundred years after the publication, of “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”, this indisputable landmark in our understanding of the nature of Parkinson’s disease still remains. What is frequently overlooked, however, is the originality of James Parkinson’s ideas about how clinical observations could be segregated into diagnostic entities. Parkinson was a surgeon apothecary with wide ranging interests outside medicine including geology and paleontology. He was also a strong campaigner for social change and a political pamphleteer, writing under the nom de plume of “Old Hubert”. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e71a15bdfce244f5a4d0e16f2b12853d2025-08-20T02:04:11ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-422775319219410.1590/0004-282x20170006S0004-282X2017000300192Parkinson’s disease – 200 years: the outstanding contribution of “Old Hubert”Hélio A. G. TeiveRenato P. MunhozAndrew J. LeesABSTRACT Two hundred years after the publication, of “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”, this indisputable landmark in our understanding of the nature of Parkinson’s disease still remains. What is frequently overlooked, however, is the originality of James Parkinson’s ideas about how clinical observations could be segregated into diagnostic entities. Parkinson was a surgeon apothecary with wide ranging interests outside medicine including geology and paleontology. He was also a strong campaigner for social change and a political pamphleteer, writing under the nom de plume of “Old Hubert”.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000300192&lng=en&tlng=enParkinson’s diseasehistory |
| spellingShingle | Hélio A. G. Teive Renato P. Munhoz Andrew J. Lees Parkinson’s disease – 200 years: the outstanding contribution of “Old Hubert” Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Parkinson’s disease history |
| title | Parkinson’s disease – 200 years: the outstanding contribution of “Old Hubert” |
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| topic | Parkinson’s disease history |
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