| Description |
xxiv, 253 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Nancy S. Wexler -- Family/Community -- 1. The Death of Phebe Hedges -- 2. The Social Course of St. Vitus's Dance -- Community/Medicine -- 3. Inventing Hereditary Chorea -- 4. Chorea and the Clinical Gaze -- Medicine/Eugenics/Memory -- 5. The Eyes of Elizabeth B. Muncey, M.D. -- 6. Myths of Origins and Endings |
| Summary |
"This book is a medical and social history of a devastating hereditary neurological disorder once demonized as "the witchcraft disease."" "When Phebe Hedges, a woman in East Hampton, New York, walked into the sea in 1806, she made visible the historical experience of a family affected by the dreaded disorder of movement, mind, and mood her neighbors called St. Vitus's dance. Doctors later spoke of Huntington's chorea, and today it is known as Huntington's disease. This book is the first history of Huntington's in America."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-241) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Hedges, Phebe, 1764-1806.
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Huntington, George, 1850-1916.
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Muncey, E. B.
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Huntington's disease -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Huntington's disease -- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century.
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Huntington's disease -- United States -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
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Huntington's disease -- United States -- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century.
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Eugenics -- history.
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Huntington Disease -- history.
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Eugenics -- history.
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History, 19th Century.
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History, 20th Century.
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New York. |
| LC no. |
2008006389 |
| ISBN |
0300105029 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780300105025 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780300158618 (paperback) |
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