An Essay on the Shaking Palsy
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An Essay on the Shaking Palsy is the 1817 medical monograph by James Parkinson that first clinically described the disease now known as Parkinson’s disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| An Essay on the Shaking Palsy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9524862 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay on the Shaking Palsy Context triple: [James Parkinson, knownFor, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy]
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A.
Studies on Hysteria
Studies on Hysteria is a foundational 1895 clinical work by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer that introduced key psychoanalytic concepts through case studies of patients with hysteria.
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B.
Notes on the Psycho-Analytical Investigation and Treatment of Manic-Depressive Insanity and Allied Conditions
"Notes on the Psycho-Analytical Investigation and Treatment of Manic-Depressive Insanity and Allied Conditions" is a pioneering psychoanalytic study by Karl Abraham that explores the dynamics, origins, and therapeutic approaches to what is now understood as bipolar and related affective disorders.
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C.
The Neurotic Constitution
The Neurotic Constitution is a foundational work in individual psychology in which Alfred Adler outlines his theory of neurosis as a response to feelings of inferiority and the striving for superiority.
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D.
The "Mental" and the "Physical"
"The 'Mental' and the 'Physical'" is a seminal philosophical work by Herbert Feigl that defends a scientific realist and identity-theoretic account of the relationship between mind and body.
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E.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Essay on the Shaking Palsy Target entity description: An Essay on the Shaking Palsy is the 1817 medical monograph by James Parkinson that first clinically described the disease now known as Parkinson’s disease.
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A.
Studies on Hysteria
Studies on Hysteria is a foundational 1895 clinical work by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer that introduced key psychoanalytic concepts through case studies of patients with hysteria.
-
B.
Notes on the Psycho-Analytical Investigation and Treatment of Manic-Depressive Insanity and Allied Conditions
"Notes on the Psycho-Analytical Investigation and Treatment of Manic-Depressive Insanity and Allied Conditions" is a pioneering psychoanalytic study by Karl Abraham that explores the dynamics, origins, and therapeutic approaches to what is now understood as bipolar and related affective disorders.
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C.
The Neurotic Constitution
The Neurotic Constitution is a foundational work in individual psychology in which Alfred Adler outlines his theory of neurosis as a response to feelings of inferiority and the striving for superiority.
-
D.
The "Mental" and the "Physical"
"The 'Mental' and the 'Physical'" is a seminal philosophical work by Herbert Feigl that defends a scientific realist and identity-theoretic account of the relationship between mind and body.
-
E.
The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical monograph
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | James Parkinson ⓘ |
| citedBy | modern neurology textbooks ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describesCourseOfDisease | chronic and progressive ⓘ |
| describesFeature |
absence of paralysis
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absence of sensory loss ⓘ slowly progressive motor disorder ⓘ |
| describesPatientGroup | elderly individuals ⓘ |
| describesSymptom |
bent posture
ⓘ
difficulty walking ⓘ muscular weakness ⓘ postural instability ⓘ resting tremor ⓘ |
| field |
medicine
ⓘ
neurology ⓘ |
| firstClinicalDescriptionOf | Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| hasAuthorCitizenship | British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
apothecary
ⓘ
palaeontologist ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | established clinical criteria for Parkinsonian syndrome ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | foundational description of Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
clinical neurology
ⓘ
movement disorder classification ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfterAuthorIn | Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| originalTermUsedForDisease | shaking palsy ⓘ |
| pages | 66 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1817 ⓘ |
| publisherLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
|
| relatedTo |
extrapyramidal diseases
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movement disorders ⓘ |
| subject | Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | An Essay on the Shaking Palsy ⓘ |
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