Downs

Downs: the history of a disability

by Wright, David

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For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognizable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. This book looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers from Medieval Europe to the present day. In a narrow medical sense, Down's syndrome is a common disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon-Down, the British asylum medical superintendent who described the syndrome as Mon…

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  • Full title :Downs : the history of a disability / David Wright.

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For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognizable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. This book looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers from Medieval Europe to the present day. In a narrow medical sense, Down's syndrome is a common disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon-Down, the British asylum medical superintendent who described the syndrome as Mongolism in a series of lectures in 1866. In 1959, the disorder was identified as a chromosome 21 trisomy by the French pediatrician and geneticist Jerome Lejeune and has since been known as Down's Syndrome (in the English-speaking world) or Trisomy 21 (in many European countries). But children and adults born with this chromosomal abnormality have an important collective history beyond their evident importance to the history of medical science. Here the author looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferer, described for much of history as 'idiots', from Medieval Europe to the present day. The discovery of the genetic basis of the condition and the profound changes in attitudes, care, and early identification of Down's in the genetic era, reflects the fascinating medical and social history of the disorder.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

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  • Description:xiii, 239 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199567935, 019956793X
  • oclc:ocn747833878
  • LC Classification:RC571
  • Dewey Decimal:616.85/8842

Table of Contents

The philosopher's idiot -- Mongols in our midst -- The simian crease -- Trisomie vingt-et-un -- Into the mainstream.

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Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation Down syndrome Down syndrome -- History Down syndrome -- Patients Down-Syndrom History History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Médecine -- Histoire -- 21e siècle Political planning Politique publique PUBLIC POLICY Qualité de la vie quality of life Social Support Syndrome de Down Syndrome de Down -- Histoire

Writers

Wright, David

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