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James Parkinson (1755–1824)

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A physician who described a recurring combination of involuntary shaking, altered posture and gait in his 1817 essay. Comparing observations across people helped define a recognizable clinical syndrome before its later neurobiological explanation.[ref]
A physician commemorated in the name Parkinson's disease.
Figure 1.
Signature of James Parkinson on a letter dated 21 February 1809
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