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Da Vinci Describes Parkinsons Symptoms Before Industrial Revolution
Researchers report a 1490s letter by Leonardo da Vinci describing movements and tremors in paralytics, suggesting Parkinsons disease existed before the Industrial Revolution. The finding challenges the view that pollution from modern industry caused the disease, though natural environmental factors remain possible.
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Boston
UPI
Leonardo da Vinci
Donald Calne
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
British Columbia
James Parkinson
England
Caine
New England Journal of Medicine
da Vinci
Adriana Dubini
Milan
Italy
Gerald Stern
University College School of Medicine
London
Calne
Windsor Castle
Abraham Lieberman
American Parkinson’s Disease Association