1755
Birth† 21/12/1824
James Parkinson
James Parkinson (born April 11, 1755, and died December 21, 1824) was a notable English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, and paleontologist. His 1817 work, "An Essay on the Shaking Palsy", was the first rigorous medical description of the neurological condition that would later bear his name: Parkinson's Disease.
"apotecário" é um termo histórico que se refere ao profissional responsável pela preparação e venda de medicamentos, antecessor do atual farmacêutico. A palavra tem origem no latim apothecarius, que significa "aquele que guarda ou prepara remédios".
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