Ancient references to Parkinson’s

Ancient references to Parkinson’s
Parkinson's disease has been known to mankind since ancient times. It is referred to in the ancient Indian medical system of Ayurveda under the name Kampavata (where “kampa” means tremor in Sanskrit).

In Western medicine it was described by the physician Galen as "shaking palsy" in AD 175.

Ancient Chinese sources also provide descriptions that suggest Parkinson's disease.

Nomenclature
It was in 1817 that a detailed medical essay was published on the subject by London doctor James Parkinson after whom it was named Parkinson’s disease. His essay was called “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”. This essay established Parkinson's disease as a recognised medical condition. Parkinson studied and reported six cases in his own practice.

Sylvius de la Boë wrote of the symptoms of resting tremor, and Sauvages described festination – a form of gait or walk associated with Parkinson’s disease.

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