The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.
By: Wexler, Alice.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008Description: xxiv, 253 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780300158618; 9780300105025 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Hedges, Phebe, 1764-1806 | Huntington, George, 1850-1916 | Muncey, E. B | Hedges, Phebe, 1764-1806 | Huntington, George, 1850-1916 | Muncey, E. B | Huntington's disease -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century | Huntington's disease -- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century | Huntington Disease -- history -- New York | Eugenics -- history -- New York | History, 19th Century -- New York | History, 20th Century -- New YorkGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.8/510097471
Contents:
The death of Phebe Hedges -- The social course of St. Vitus's dance -- Inventing hereditary chorea -- Chorea and the clinical gaze -- The eyes of Elizabeth B. Muncey, M.D. -- Myths of origins and endings.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-241) and index.
The death of Phebe Hedges -- The social course of St. Vitus's dance -- Inventing hereditary chorea -- Chorea and the clinical gaze -- The eyes of Elizabeth B. Muncey, M.D. -- Myths of origins and endings.