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James Parkinson
The life and career of the polymath who gave his name to Parkinson's disease
'Essay on the Shaking Palsy' was one of James Parkinson' many contributions to British life and science. Not only a doctor he was also a palaeontologist and founder of the Geological Society. As a political activist and pamphleteer, his outspoken lobbying almost led to his deportation to Botany Bay. Barbara Myers traces his life.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
