Parkinson's Disease

James Parkinson first described Parkinson’s disease in England in 1817. Parkinson wrote a description of six patients suffering from a slowly progressing disease characterized by “involuntary tremulous motion, which lessened muscular power in parts not in action even when supported, with a propensity to bend their trunks forward from a walking to a running pace” (Health & Illness, 1995). The disease he named shaking palsy is known as parkinsonism (Parkinson’s disease) in his honor. Parkinsonism, also …showed first 75 words of 1670 total…

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