eer,asocialactivistchampioningtherightsofthedisenfranchisedandpoor.asion.Incollaborationwithhisson,whowasasurgeon,healsoofferedthefirstdescription,intheEnglishlanguage,ofarupturedappendix.ANESSAYONTHESHAKINGPALSYCHAPTERIDEFINITION-HISTORY-ILLUSTRATIVECASESSHAKINGPALSY.(ParalysisAgitans.)MonographbyJamesParkinson1817JamesParkinsonHistoryofParkinson’sDiseaseHissmallbutfamouspublication,"EssayontheShakingPalsy",appearedin1817,7yearsbeforehisdeathin1824.Theclinicaldescriptionof6patientswasaremarkablemasterpiecetestifyingtohisprodigiouspowersofobservationformostofthe6wereneveractuallyexaminedbyParkinsonhimself;rather,theyweresimplyobservedwalkingonthestreetsofLondon.monmovementdisorderaffecting1-2%ofthegeneralpopulationovertheageof65years.monneurodegenerativedisorderafterAlzheimer´sdisease(AD).