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- James Parkinson
was born in London, and in his early education studied Latin, Greek,
natural philosophy and shorthand which he considered as proper basic
tools for a physician.
Early on he assisted and then took over the practice of his father in
general medicine. At the end of the 18th century, he was already established
as a social reformer and voiced his opinions openly on war, the military
establishment, on the causes for poverty, on civil disobedience, on
revolution and even on medical education. His hobbies included geology
and paleontology.
He wrote a little known medical monograph on "Observations on the
Nature and Cure of Gout" in 1805. But his "ESSAY ON THE SHAKING
PALSY" published in 1817 gained him immortality in the annals of
Medicine.There is no likeness ever found of James Parkinson.
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