The first-ever biography of the man behind the disease - and a pioneer of medical science
Cherry Lewis is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. A geologist by training, she worked in the oil industry as well as in the press office of the University of Bristol before turning her interests to the history of geology. She is the author of The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
Billy Connolly says he's no idea who Parkinson was and just wishes
he'd kept his disease to himself. He should read this book.
*Jeremy Paxman*
Lewis writes in an enjoyably digressive style: her descriptions of
medical practice at the end of the 18th century, and of changing
life in east London, are particularly engaging.
*The Scotsman*
A vivid picture of the peculiarities of the time.
*Mail on Sunday*
In a splendid new book, historian of geology Cherry Lewis
introduces us to a fascinating, multifaceted Enlightenment figure:
the intellectually curious, politically active and socially
concerned London surgeon-apothecary James Parkinson
(1755-1824).
*Nature*
Lewis paints a vivid portrait of the life and times of a man of
many talents ... a fine, informative read.
*Prospect*
A well-written, comprehensive biography of a genuine polymath.
*The Tablet*
A fascinating account. Parkinson fought for the rights of the
vulnerable, moved some scientific fields forward and observed what
most people could not see. Absorbing. Anyone interested in the
history of medicine, politics and geology will enjoy this book. I
finished it in awe of Parkinson's many accomplishments and
contributions to politics, health and science.
*The Washington Post*
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