TY - BOOK AU - Murray,T.Jock TI - Multiple sclerosis: the history of a disease SN - 9781888799804 (softcover : alk. paper) PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Demos KW - Multiple Sclerosis KW - history N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Terminology and disease description -- The framing of multiple sclerosis -- The palsy without a name: suffering with paraplegia 1395-1868 -- The steps towards a recovery : the early medical reports -- The building blocks of a discovery -- The contribution of J.M. Charcot 1868 -- The medical reports after Charcot -- Clarifying the pathology: James Dawson -- The journal of a disappointed man -- Experimentation, meetings, reviews, and symposia, 1920-1960 -- Searching for a cause of MS -- Classifying and measuring MS -- The nature of the MS plaque -- Investigations -- Searching for therapy -- Multiple Sclerosis and the public: societies, narratives and the media ER -