| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Terminology and disease description -- The framing of multiple sclerosis -- The palsy without a name: suffering with paraplegia, 1395-1868 -- The steps toward a discovery : the early medical reports -- The building blocks of a discovery -- The contribution of J.M. Charcot, 1868 -- The medical reports after Charcot -- Clarifying the pathology : James Dawson -- The journal of a disappointed man -- Experimentation, meetings, reviews, and symposia, 1920-1960 -- Searching for a cause of MS -- Classifying and measuring MS -- The nature of the MS plaque -- Investigations -- Searching for therapy -- Multiple sclerosis and the public: societies, narratives and the media |
| Summary |
Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease won a 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Silver Medal! Click here to learn more about the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. The basic facts about multiple sclerosis are well known: it is the most common neurologic disease of young adults, usually beginning with episodic attacks of neurologic symptoms, then entering a progressive phase some years later. Its onset has an average age of 30, and occurs in about 1 in 500 individuals of European ancestry living primarily in temperate climates. There appears to be a complex interaction between a genetic predis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Multiple sclerosis -- History
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Multiple Sclerosis -- history
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Multiple sclerosis
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1417577282 |
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9781417577286 |
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9781934559277 |
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193455927X |
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9781888799804 |
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1888799803 |
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1281974692 |
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9781281974693 |
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9786611974695 |
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6611974695 |
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