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 On the left: Parkinson's fossils. This large cut and polished ammonite, Parkinsonia parkinsoni is named after James Parkinson. He formed a fine collection of fossils described in his book Organic Remains of a Former World, which gave detailed accounts of vast periods of geological time. It provided a key reference for later authors. |
James Parkinson FGS (11 April 175521 December 1824) was an English apothecary surgeon, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. He is most famous for his 1817 work, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by Jean-Martin Charcot.
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| Information sheet about James Parkinson Information sheet about James Parkinson www.parkinsons.org.uk/PDF/FS75_DrJamesParkinson_0308.pdf - Web |
| Biography of James Parkinson Biography of James Parkinson www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/392.html - Web |
| European Parkinson's Disease Association European Parkinson's Disease Association www.epda.eu.com - Web |
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