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Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease

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An edition of The woman who walked into the sea (2007)

The woman who walked into the sea

Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease

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Yale University Press
Language
English

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Subjects

History, Huntington's chorea, History, 19th Century, Huntington Disease, History, 20th Century, Eugenics, Huntington's disease, Genetic disorders

People

E. B. Muncey, Phebe Hedges (1764-1806), George Huntington (1850-1916)

Places

New York, New York (State)

Times

20th century, 19th century

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The woman who walked into the sea: Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease
2008, Yale University Press
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Cover of: The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea
The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea: Three Stories in the Making of a Modern Genetic Disease
February 15, 2007, Yale University Press
Hardcover in English - 1 edition
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Titles
Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.8/510097471
Library of Congress
RC394.H85 W52 2008

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Pagination
p. ;

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL19930378M
Internet Archive
womanwhowalkedin00wexl
ISBN 13
9780300105025
LCCN
2008006389
Library Thing
6634169
Goodreads
382750

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