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Parkinson's home and office at 1 Hoxton Square

James Parkinson (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist. He is best known for his 1817 work ''An Essay on the Shaking Palsy'', in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's disease by Jean-Martin Charcot. Provided by Wikipedia

The chemical pocket-book ; or Memoranda chemica : arranged in a compendium of chemistry : with tables of attractions, &c. Calculated as well for the occasional reference of the pro...

Author: Parkinson, James, 1755-1824.
Published 1802

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The town and country friend and physician, or, An affectionate address on the preservation of health, and the removal of disease on its first appearance ; supposed to be delivered...

Author: Parkinson, James, 1755-1824.
Published 1803

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