Parkinson Par·kin·son (pär'kĭn-sən), James. 1755-1824.
British physician who gave (1817) a comprehensive description of paralysis agitans, or Parkinson's disease, and was the first to recognize (1812) perforation of the appendix as a cause of death in appendicitis.
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