1686 SYDENHAM, Thomas (1624 – 1689)
Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu.
Includes (pp. 25-28) his classic description of chorea minor (“Sydenham’s chorea”). Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1939, 4, 327-53. In the Sydenham Society translation (see No. 64) the passage occurs in vol. 2, pp. 198-99.
GMN 4514 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/361
1842 DUNGLISON, Robley (1798 – 1869); WATERS, Charles Oscar (1816 – 1892)
Practice of medicine: A treatise on special pathology and therapeutics. 2 vols.
A case of chronic hereditary chorea in adults (“Huntington’s chorea”, see No. 4699) is described on pp. 312-13 of vol. 2. This is in the form of a letter from one of Dunglison's recently graduated students at Jefferso…
GMN 4691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/974
1846 DUBINI, Angelo (1813 – 1902)
Primi cenni sulla corea elettrica.
First description of electric chorea, “Dubini’s chorea”, the myoclonic form of epidemic encephalitis.
GMN 4637 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/702
1864 JACKSON, John Hughlings (1835 – 1911)
Loss of speech: its association with valvular disease of the heart, and with hemiplegia on the right side. Defects of smell. Defects of speech in chorea. Arterial regions in epilepsy.
Jackson studied aphasia for 30 years. He emphasized its psychological aspects and laid the foundation for present knowledge of the condition, but he was ahead of his time and the value of his work was not recognized f…
GMN 4620 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/658
1872 HUNTINGTON, George (1850 – 1916)
On chorea.
The classic description by Huntington of the chronic degenerative hereditary type of chorea led to the eponym “Huntington’s chorea”. Earlier accounts of the disease were given by John Elliotson (Lancet, 1832, 1, 163),…
GMN 4699 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/985
1874 MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829 – 1914)
Post-paralytic chorea.
First description.
GMN 4552 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/412
1894 OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
On chorea and choreiform affections.
"One year after Charcot's death, Osler published On Chorea and Choreiform Affectations (1894), and in this pithy monograph, Osler offered a particularly useful evaluation of Charcot's neurological contributions. Where…
GMN 11273 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13470
1974 BRUYN, George Willem (1928 – 2002)
A centennial bibliography of Huntington’s chorea, 1872-1972.
Over 2,000 references to original works. Chronological arrangement. Author, geographic and other indexes. With F. Baro and N. C. Myrianthopoulos.
GMN 5019.15 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6691
