Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Wexler, Alice, 1942- author. Title: The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler ; foreword by Nancy S. Wexler. Publisher, Date: New Haven [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2008] Description: xxiv, 253 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm Summary: Alice Wexlar presents a groundbreaking medical and social history of a devastating hereditary neurological disorder - Huntington's disease - once demonised as 'the witchcraft disease'. Subjects: Hedges, Phebe, 1764-1806. Huntington, George, 1850-1916. Muncey, E. B. Huntington's disease -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century. Huntington's disease -- New York (State) -- History -- 20th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-241) and index. 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. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2008006389 ISBN: 9780300158618 0300158610 9780300105025 0300105029 Other Number: 192042294 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 226836 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 616.851 Wexler Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
