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| Meynert |
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| In 1868 Meynert theorized that there was a realtionship between involunatray choreiform movements and the basal ganglia. By 1883, he he attempted to map out these pathways in serial sections. His work was furthered by Anton in 1896 and Alzheimer in 1911, both of whom considered the pathological basis of Huntington's Disease to be associated with the Basal Ganglia. |
| Employed the Parkinson's definition and description of paralysis agitans in his presentation of cases in his work, Clinical Lectures on Disease of the Nervous System (1882). He stated that, "The disease "shaking palsy," or "paralysis agitans"... was first described by our countryman Parkinson in 1817... His Essay on the Shaking Palsy presents so graphic and admirable a description that comparitively little has been left to the add to his account." (Buzzard, 1882, pp. 329) |
| William Gowers put on record the name "shaking palsy" in his summary of 19th century neurology, the Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. |
| Thomas Buzzard |
| William Gowers |
| 1831-1919 |
| 1845-1919 |
| References: Morris, A.D. (1989) James Parkinson: His Life and Times. Boston, MA: Birkhauser. Langston, J. W. and Palfreman, J. (1995) The Case of the Frozen Addicts. New York, NY: Pantheon Books. Sacks, O. (1973) Awakenings. San Bernardino, CA: The Borgo Press. |