Who was ... Huntington?
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George Sumner Huntington, born in 1850, practised as a doctor in the late 19th century and early 20th century in the rural area of Duchess County in New York State. He is best known for identifying the condition which came to be known as Huntington's chorea. This is a chronic degenerative chorea inherited as an autosomal dominant gene. Symptoms usually become apparent around the fifth decade of life, beginning with changes in social behaviour and function. This then leads to dementia with tremor, rigidity and uncontrollable choreic movements.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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Who was Meniere?
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French physician Prosper Meniere, who was a leading figure in the medical establishment in Paris in the first half of the 19th century, is most well known for his otological studies. He identified the condition later known as Meniere's disease, detailing symptoms of deafness, vertigo and intermittent tinnitus. He wrote many articles about this condition, but also had other interests, including writing books on Latin and Greek poetry.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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Who was ... Down?
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John Langdon Down was responsible for identifying similarities in some of his patients at the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, Redhill Surrey. Down was born in 1828, and died in 1896. In 1866 he published a paper entitled: 'Observations on an Ethnic Classification of Idiots', and his definitive description of the Down's syndrome was later included in the 1887 publication: 'Mental Afflictions of Childhood and Youth'.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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