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The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson - The Pioneering Life of a Forgotten English Surgeon (Paperback)
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The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson - The Pioneering Life of a Forgotten English Surgeon (Paperback)
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'Billy Connolly says he's no idea who Parkinson was and just wishes
he'd kept his disease to himself. He should read this book.' Jeremy
Paxman Parkinson's disease is one of the most common forms of
dementia, with 10,000 new cases each year in the UK alone, and yet
few know anything about the man the disease is named after. In 1817
- exactly 200 years ago - James Parkinson (1755-1824) defined the
disease so precisely that we still diagnose it today by recognising
the symptoms he identified. The story of this remarkable man's
contributions to the Age of the Enlightenment is told through his
three passions - medicine, politics and fossils. As a political
radical Parkinson was interrogated over a plot to kill King George
III and revealed as the author of anti-government pamphlets, a
crime for which many were transported to Australia; while helping
Edward Jenner set up smallpox vaccination stations across London,
he wrote the first scientific study of fossils in English, which
led to fossil-hunting becoming the nation's latest craze - just a
glimpse of his many achievements. Cherry Lewis restores this
neglected pioneer to his rightful place in history, while creating
a vivid and pungent portrait of life as an 'apothecary surgeon' in
Georgian London.
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