The Resource Downs : the history of a disability, David Wright
Downs : the history of a disability, David Wright
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 239 pages
- Contents
-
- The philosopher's idiot
- Mongols in our midst
- The simian crease
- Trisomie vingt-et-un
- Into the mainstream
- Isbn
- 9780199567935
- Label
- Downs : the history of a disability
- Title
- Downs
- Title remainder
- the history of a disability
- Statement of responsibility
- David Wright
- Subject
-
- Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation
- Down Syndrome -- history
- Down Syndrome -- history
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome -- History
- Down syndrome -- History
- Down syndrome -- Patients | Care
- Down syndrome -- Patients | Care | History
- Down syndrome -- Patients | Care | History
- Down-Syndrom
- History
- History, 19th Century
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation
- History, 21st Century
- Personas con discapacidad -- Aspectos sociales | Historia
- Personas con discapacidad -- Calidad de vida | Historia
- Personas con discapacidad -- Protección, asistencia, etc. | Historia
- Personas con discapacidad -- Rehabilitación | Historia
- Political planning
- Political planning
- Public Policy
- Public Policy
- Quality of Life
- Quality of Life
- Quality of life
- Quality of life
- Social Support
- Social Support
- Síndrome de Down -- Historia
- History, 21st Century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- EUW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wright, David
- Dewey number
- 616.85/8842
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC571
- LC item number
- .W75 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2011 J-546
- WM 11.1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Political planning
- Quality of life
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Political planning
- Quality of life
- Down-Syndrom
- Síndrome de Down
- Personas con discapacidad
- Personas con discapacidad
- Personas con discapacidad
- Personas con discapacidad
- Down Syndrome
- Disabled Persons
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Public Policy
- Quality of Life
- Social Support
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down Syndrome
- Disabled Persons
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Public Policy
- Quality of Life
- Social Support
- Label
- Downs : the history of a disability, David Wright
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The philosopher's idiot -- Mongols in our midst -- The simian crease -- Trisomie vingt-et-un -- Into the mainstream
- Control code
- ocn747833878
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 239 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199567935
- Lccn
- 2011288099
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199567935
- (OCoLC)747833878
- Label
- Downs : the history of a disability, David Wright
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The philosopher's idiot -- Mongols in our midst -- The simian crease -- Trisomie vingt-et-un -- Into the mainstream
- Control code
- ocn747833878
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 239 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199567935
- Lccn
- 2011288099
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199567935
- (OCoLC)747833878
Subject
- Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation
- Down Syndrome -- history
- Down Syndrome -- history
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome
- Down syndrome -- History
- Down syndrome -- History
- Down syndrome -- Patients | Care
- Down syndrome -- Patients | Care | History
- Down syndrome -- Patients | Care | History
- Down-Syndrom
- History
- History, 19th Century
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Disabled Persons -- rehabilitation
- History, 21st Century
- Personas con discapacidad -- Aspectos sociales | Historia
- Personas con discapacidad -- Calidad de vida | Historia
- Personas con discapacidad -- Protección, asistencia, etc. | Historia
- Personas con discapacidad -- Rehabilitación | Historia
- Political planning
- Political planning
- Public Policy
- Public Policy
- Quality of Life
- Quality of Life
- Quality of life
- Quality of life
- Social Support
- Social Support
- Síndrome de Down -- Historia
- History, 21st Century
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