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Definition of James Parkinson

1. Noun. English surgeon (1755-1824).

Medical Definition of James Parkinson

1. This English physician is chiefly remembered for his 66-page "Essay on the Shaking Palsy" (first edition is valued at £10,000) which was published in 1817 and is a classic account of paralysis agitans (Parkinson's Disease). Parkinson explained that the intellect was uninjured, but motor power was decreased and the body was bent forward with the fingers tremoring, simulating a "pill-rolling action. James Parkinson gave a good description in the 1812 Medical Chirurgical Transactions of acute appendicitis, titled "A Case of Diseased Appendix Vermiformis." Parkinson authored many political pamphlets on reform and was a political agitator, yet he also was a geologist and paleontologist. His text, "Organic Remains of a Former World" is illustrated with fossil plants and animals. Lived: 1755-1824. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of James Parkinson

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1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1890)
"James Parkinson confesseth that the child was borne upon New Yeares Day, about eight weekes before time. James Chorlton and John Barlow, elders of Chorlton, ..."

2. Transactions of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1811)
"By James Parkinson, Esq. Member of the Geological Society. 1 HE study of fossil organized remains has hitherto been directed too exclusively to the ..."

3. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1895)
"Mr. James Parkinson. WITH regret we learn, just before going to press, that Mr. James Parkinson, ..."

4. A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, in Manchester by John Booker (1857)
"Margery Knight exd ag*t James Parkinson, saith y* the said woman wth wh. ye said Parkinson was accused (whose name was Joane Jones) was mother of this ..."

5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1890)
"James Parkinson confesseth that the child ... Margery Knight, examined ag" James Parkinson, saith that the said woman wth which the said Parkinson was ..."

6. History of the Parish of Chipping, in the County of Lancaster: With Some by Thomas C[harles] Smith (1894)
"To his grandchild, James Parkinson, all his sheep. ... About 1712, the family removed to Singleton, where James Parkinson died in 1717. ..."

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