MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Parkinson’s disease was first medically described as a neurological syndrome by James Parkinson in 1817, though fragments of Parkinsonism can be found in earlier descriptions (Parkinson 1817).

Detailed explanation-2: -Nomenclature. It was in 1817 that a detailed medical essay was published on the subject by London doctor James Parkinson after whom it was named Parkinson’s disease. His essay was called “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy”. This essay established Parkinson’s disease as a recognised medical condition.

Detailed explanation-3: -His father was John Parkinson (c. 1725–84), an apothecary and surgeon who practised in the Square, and his mother was Mary.

Detailed explanation-4: -James Parkinson is most famous for publishing ‘An Essay on the Shaking Palsy’ in 1817, which established Parkinson’s as a recognised medical condition. He was a pioneer not only in medicine, but also in his scientific and political interests.