Neurológia pre prax 2/2013
James Parkinson a jeho doba
It is almost 200 years ago when James Parkinson described the disease which bears his name today. Looking on the career of James Parkinson, it seems to be an extraordinary issue of his work. London Hoxton surgeon and apothecary has been scientifically attracted predominantly to paleontology; his medical writings can be characterised rather as simple case reports or health science recommendations. His „Essay on the shaking palsy“ is therefore a surprising swell of his genius in the field, which by himself has been seen as a good craft than a science.
Keywords: James Parkinson, the shaking palsy, Parkinson’s disease, „An essay on the shaking palsy”.
