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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(09): 671-672
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170108
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James Parkinson and his essay on “shaking palsy”, two hundred years later

James Parkinson y su ensayo sobre la “parálisis agitante”, doscientos años después
Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez
1   Universidad del Rosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Neuroscience Research Group (Neuros), Neuroscience Department, Bogotá, Colombia;
,
Martha Torres Nupan
2   Universidad del Rosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bogotá Colombia.
,
Juan Sebastián Botero-Meneses
1   Universidad del Rosario, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Neuroscience Research Group (Neuros), Neuroscience Department, Bogotá, Colombia;
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ABSTRACT

In 1817, British physician James Parkinson published a 66-page document entitled “Essay on the Shaking Palsy”. This brief text became a classical and fundamental piece in the history of medicine and, in particular, of neurology. The authors of this article wish to pay tribute to this great pioneer of neurology, 200 years after the publication of his findings, which would, in turn, immortalize his name and give rise to the renaming on the entity in 1860 by Professor Jean Martin Charcot, father of neurology. It would be known, henceforth as Parkinson’s disease.

RESUMEN

En 1817 el médico británico James Parkinson publicó un documento de 66 páginas titulado “Ensayo sobre la parálisis agitante”. Este breve texto es de una gran importancia en la historia de la medicina y en particular de la neurología. Los autores desean rendir homenaje a este gran pionero de la neurología al cumplir doscientos años la publicación que inmortalizaría su nombre y que dio origen a la primera descripción de la entidad que desde 1860, a propuesta del profesor Jean Martin Charcot, el padre de la neurología, se denomina Enfermedad de Parkinson. (James – Hierons).

Parkinson - Charcot - history of medicine - neurology
Parkinson - Charcot - historia de la medicina - neurología


Publication History

Received: 24 April 2017

Accepted: 23 June 2017

Article published online:
05 September 2023

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