Dr James Parkinson wrote the first description of 'The Shaking Palsy', or what is now known as Parkinson's disease, in 1817. He was a man for the ages and lived in London around the Age of Enlightenment. He was a political activist, geologist, scientist, humanist, leading public health and ethical thinker and a doctor to the people in the Parish of St Leonard's, Shoredicth, North London. This short documentary film takes the viewer through James's life and gives a glimpse of the streets in which he lived, worked and first came across people who had Parkinson's disease. This film has been carefully and lovingly researched and filmed by Dr David Williams (who is also a Neurologist) and is narrated by Dr Gerald Stern. It has been shown in London, Berlin, Chicago and New Orleans.
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