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Multiple
Sclerosis: The History of a Disease
Jock Murray, M.D.
Product Details:
ISBN: 1-888799-80-3
Format: Softcover, 576pp
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Regular Price: US$29.95
Web Discount Price: US$25.46
Posted: January
12, 2005
Editorial
Review
The newly published Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease by
T. Jock Murray M.D. is an elegantly written and comprehensive history
of the disease. In this book we meet individuals who suffered with MS in the
centuries before the disease had a name and explore how progress in diagnosing
and managing multiple sclerosis has paralleled the development of medical science.
Dr. Murray takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery, and introduces us
to many historical figures that may or may not have suffered from this debilitating
disease.
The First MS Patient?
"Lidwina the Virgin" of Schiedam, Holland may have been the first known case
of multiple sclerosis. On February 2, 1396, while ice-skating on a frozen canal,
she fell and broke the ribs on her right side. Healing was slow and she soon
began to exhibit other symptoms including violent pain in her teeth, blindness
in one eye, and paralysis in her right arm. Lidwina interpreted these ailments
as a sign that she was called to be a victim for the sins of others and her
suffering became her joy. Saint Lidwina was canonized by Pope Leo XIII in 1890.
She is the patron of sickness and because of her skating background, the patron
saint of ice skaters. The United States Figure Skating Association even has
a medal featuring a picture of Lidwina!
 About
the Author:
Jock Murray, M.D.
Dr. Murray is Professor of Medical Humanities at Dalhousie University in Halifax,
and Director of the Dalhousie MS program. Dr. T. Jock Murray has served as an
officer in numerous Canadian and U.S. medical organizations. The recipient of
many awards, including the Neilson Award from the Hannah Institute for the History
of Medicine for contributions to medical history. Dr. Murray is an outstanding
teacher as well as clinician with an avid interest in the history of medicine.
He was awarded the Canada 125th Anniversary Medal and has been appointed an
Officer of the Order of Canada.
Dr. Murray and his wife Janet have four children and five grandchildren. He
has written more 200 medical books and articles, including Multiple Sclerosis:
A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed and a textbook of neurology now in its fourth
edition
01/12/2005
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