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THIS Is Why We Don’t Call It “Asperger’s” Anymore

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You’ve heard their names a million times. The diseases named after them may have personally affected your life or the life of a loved one. But who are these people? Why are these diseases named after them? Turns out many of them had a fascinating life story that you’ve never heard before. So we’re telling their story here in today’s video.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock%27s_peculiar_tumour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAN_syndrome

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29217826/

https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2146/2145

https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2020/01/eponym-debate-the-case-for-biologically-descriptive-names.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_touch

https://www.helencowan.co.uk/story-stephen-christmas

https://www.hemob.org/about-hemophilia-b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Imperial_Family_1913.jpg

https://www.science.org/content/article/case-closed-famous-royals-suffered-hemophilia

https://nebula.tv/videos/joescott-forgotten-atrocities-the-holodomor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterial_cervical_lymphadenitis

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3381788/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29217826/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4450782/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29646559/

https://scienceofparkinsons.com/2017/12/21/james4/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_B%C3%A9thencourt

https://jmvh.org/article/syphilis-its-early-history-and-treatment-until-penicillin-and-the-debate-on-its-origins/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Alzheimer

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2927892/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308726043_Alzheimer_and_his_disease_a_brief_history

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6428020/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#/media/File:Hans_Asperger_portrait_ca_1940.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#/media/File:Wien_-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger#/media/File:Wien_-_Steinhof_-_Eingang_Pavillon_17.jpg

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1024/1422-4917/a001017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4

https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism/the-history-of-autism/asperger-syndrome

https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.uoregon.edu/dist/d/16656/files/2018/11/Asperger-Autistic-Psychopathy-in-Childhood-2h51vw4.pdf

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-018-0208-6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Langdon_Down

https://archive.org/details/b21952619/page/n7/mode/2up

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5130304/

https://www.down-syndrome.org/en-us/library/research-practice/06/1/john-langdon-down-man-message/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5130304/

https://www.mlb.com/news/most-consecutive-games-played-in-mlb-history-c282212708

https://www.als.org/understanding-als/lou-gehrig

https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/lou-gehrig-farewell-speech

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhchar.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Gilles_de_la_Tourette

https://bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.wustl.edu/dist/5/1310/files/2019/02/Tourette-Syndrome-and-other-Tic-Disorders-20080929-2cuyzlz.pdf

https://baillement.com/recherche/gdt/gdt_hypnotism.html

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/patient-caregiver-education/fact-sheets/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als-fact-sheet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biedl%E2%80%93Bardet_syndrome

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Intro

3:35 - The Earliest Eponymous Diseases

6:58 - Alois Alzheimer

9:15 - Hans Asperger

13:00 - John Langdon Down

18:46 - Lou Gehrig

21:12 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette

22:46 - The Eponym Debate

25:18 - Joe Scott's Newsletter

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