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The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.

LIBRA RC394.H85 W52 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wexler, Alice, 1942-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hedges, Phebe, 1764-1806.
Hedges, Phebe.
Huntington, George, 1850-1916.
Huntington, George.
Muncey, E. B.
Huntington's disease--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Huntington's disease.
Huntington's disease--New York (State)--History--20th century.
Eugenics--history.
History.
New York.
Huntington Disease--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
New York (State).
Medical Subjects:
Eugenics--history.
New York.
Huntington Disease--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 253 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-241) and index.
ISBN:
9780300105025
0300105029
OCLC:
192042294

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