James Parkinson
James Parkinson | |
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Pseudonym | Old Hubert ![]() |
Født | 11. april 1755 ![]() Shoreditch ![]() |
Død | 21. december 1824 (69 år) ![]() Hoxton ![]() |
Dødsårsag | Slagtilfælde ![]() |
Gravsted | St Leonard's ![]() |
Uddannelse og virke | |
Uddannelsessted | Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry ![]() |
Beskæftigelse | Farmaceut, palæontolog, botaniker, læge, geolog, kirurg, neurolog, politiker ![]() |
Fagområde | Geologi, kirurgi ![]() |
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James Parkinson (11. april 1755 i London – 21. december 1824 samme sted) var en engelsk læge, geolog, pæontolog og politisk aktivist. Han beskrev Parkinsons sygdom, som blev opkaldt efter ham.
Bibliografi
- Medical Admonitions, with observations on the excessive indulgence of children. 2nd. Ed. 2 Vol. London 1799.
- The Chemical Pocket-Book, or Memoranda Chemica. London 1799.
- The Hospital Pupil, or An essay intended to facilitate the Study of Medicine and Surgerey. In four letters. London 1800.
- Dangerous Sports. London 1800.
- Hints for the Improvement of Trusses. London 1802.
- Organic Remains of a Former World. 3 Vol. London 1804-1811.
- Observations on the Nature and Cure of Gout. London 1805.
- Mad-Houses. Observations on the Act for Regulating Mad-houses and a correction of the statements of the case of Benjamin Elliott, convicted of illegally confining Mary Daintree: with remarks addressed to the friends of insane persons. London 1811.
- An Essay on the Shaking Palsy. London 1817. (Reprint in: Critchley 1955, 145-218; deutsche Übersetzung Eine Abhandlung über die Schüttellähmung von Ute Schlie, als Anhang zu Pies 1988.)
- Outlines of Oryctology. London 1822.
Om James Parkinson
- Critchley, M. (1955): James Parkinson (1755-1824). A bicentenary volume of papers dealing with Parkinson's Disease, incorporating the original 'Essay on the Shaking Palsy'. London.
- Pies, Norbert J. (1988): James Parkinson (1755-1824): Arzt – Apotheker – Paläontologe – Sozialreformer. Frankfurt a.M.: Merz.
- Sacks, Oliver (1991): Die Parkinsonsche Krankheit und der Parkinsonismus. In: Ders. (1991): Awakenings – Zeit des Erwachens. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 40-50.
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Signature of James Parkinson from a letter written February 21, 1809.