The Medical Lives of History`s Famous People

Author(s): William James Maloney

DOI: 10.2174/9781608059362114010024

The Huntingtonʼs Disease of Woody Guthrie

Pp: 131-135 (5)

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Woody Guthrie was born on July 14, 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma. Guthrie grew into a popular musician helping to usher in a generation of folk music. Guthrie exhibited various physical symptoms and was misdiagnosed on multiple occasions. Among these misdiagnoses were alcoholism and schizophrenia. The proper diagnosis of Huntingtonʼs Disease was eventually made. Huntingtonʼs Disease is an inherited degenerative disease which affects the nerve cells in the brain. It results in cognitive, movement, and psychiatric disorders.

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