Look at the Life of James Parkinson, A

Synopsis

Tells the story of James Parkinson, whose ‘Essay on the shaking palsy’ of 1817 established the illness as a clinical entity. Shows his home, his church, the hospital where he trained, and the Royal College of Surgeons, which awarded him its first gold medal.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min.

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

biographies; Parkinson, James; Parkinson’s disease

Credits

Cast

Bob Holness

Sponsor

Name

Parkinson’s Disease Society

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.