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Multiple sclerosis : the history of a disease /

Main Author: Murray, T. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Demos, 2005.
Subjects:
Multiple sclerosis > History.
Multiple Sclerosis > history.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Alzheimer's & Dementia.
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=122087
Table of 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.

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