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The Farr Disease In his well-researched book, Dan Swainbank tells the rest of the continuing story: of the family’s losses over the next 135 years, of the advances in our understanding of ALS and the discovery
| Title | : | The Farr Disease |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (466 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 1938406486 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-24 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
In 1880, Dr. William Osler of McGill University in Montreal published an article in a medical journal entitled, “Heredity in Progressive Muscular Atrophy as Illustrated in the Farr Family of Vermont.” In that article he reported on the case of a farmer from Sutton, Vermont named Erastus Farr, and told the story of Erastus’s father, an uncle and an aunt, and four cousins, all of whom had died young of this disease of muscle wasting, now known as Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In his well-researched book, Dan Swainbank tells the rest of the continuing story: of the family’s losses over the next 135 years, of the advances in our understanding of ALS and the discovery of the family’s defective gene in 1993, of the family’s involvement in research and clinical trials, and the on-going search for a cure. It is also an account of a family’s love and support, and the love and support of a community which keeps the hope alive that someday this
The Farr Disease is Dan Swainbank’s second book. A former high school and college writing teacher, Dan is also the author of Mr. Vail is in Town: Theodore N. Vail, AT&T and His Lyndon Legacy. He writes about national and international history with chapters based in northeastern Vermont. Dan lives in North Danville, Vermont.
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