Parkinson's disease
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Parkinson's disease
[′pär·kən·sənz di‚zēz] McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Mr Hanson talked to staff and volunteers about the strides that have been made in understanding the condition since James Parkinson's Essay on the
Shaking Palsy in 1817, but also the work that is still to be done as there is no cure for Parkinson's and current medication can't stop the condition from progressing.
Connolly was in London on Monday for a Downing Street reception, hosted by Theresa May, marking 200 years since Dr James Parkinson's Essay on the
Shaking Palsy, which established Parkinson's as a recognised medical condition.
Parkinson's disease is named after the British doctor, James Parkinson, who described the disease as a
shaking palsy in 1817.
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