The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.
The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.
The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Call Numbers
N616.851/4
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
p. ; cm.
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.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2008.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book is a medical and social history of a devastating hereditary neurological disorder once demonized as "the witchcraft disease."" "When Phebe Hedges, a woman in East Hampton, New York, walked into the sea in 1806, she made visible the historical experience of a family affected by the dreaded disorder of movement, mind, and mood her neighbor...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.
Portion of title
Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2008.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
N616.851/4
Record Identifier
74VMbagmw6Ol
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbagmw6Ol
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780300105025 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
616.8510097471
MMS ID
991000795859702626
