A history of multiple sclerosis
By: Colin Talley.
Series: Healing society--disease, medicine, and history
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780275997885
Subjects: Multiple sclerosis -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Multiple sclerosis -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Multiple sclerosis -- Europe -- History -- 21st century; Multiple sclerosis -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Multiple sclerosis -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Multiple sclerosis -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Multiple Sclerosis -- history -- Europe; Multiple Sclerosis -- history -- United States; History, 19th Century -- Europe; History, 19th Century -- United States; History, 20th Century -- Europe; History, 20th Century -- United States; History, 21st Century -- Europe; History, 21st Century -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From paraplegia to multiple sclerosis, 1820-1890; title: The emergence of MS 1870-1950: from a rare to common disease; title: Research on the cause of MS, 1870-1935; title: Treatment of MS in the United States, 1870-1960; title: The emergence of multiple sclerosis movements in North America and Europe, 1946 to 1976; title: The illness experience of MS, 1957-2006; title: The emergence of the autoimmunity paradigm, 1933-2007; title: Conclusion: autoimmunity, paradigm change, and politics.