English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist

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James Parkinson 1755-1824 / by Christopher Gardner-Thorpe ; and a reprint of The shaking palsy / by James Parkinson, originally published 1817.

James Parkinson : his life and times / A.D. Morris ; edited by F. Clifford Rose.

The enlightened Mr. Parkinson : the pioneering life of a forgotten English surgeon / Cherry Lewis.

James Parkinson on the confinement of lunatics / J. Cule.

James Parkinson (1755-1824) : Arzt, Apotheker, Paläontologe, Sozialreformer / von Norbert J. Pies ; mit einem Vorort von Hans Schadewaldt.

Hints for the improvement of trusses; intended to render their use less inconvenient, and to prevent the necessity of an understrap. With the description of a truss of easy construction and slight expence [sic], for the use of labouring poor / [James Parkinson].

A variety of madrepores and fossils. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth.

An essay on the shaking palsy / by James Parkinson.

Geology: fossil remains in stone. Coloured engraving by S. Springsguth, 1833.

A variety of fossilised madrepores and other organic remains. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth.

Ten different fossilised remains of plants in schistose stones. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth.

A variety of madrepores. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth.

Organic remains of a former world. An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world; generally termed extraneous fossils / [James Parkinson].

Eleven different fossilised remains of plants in schistose stones. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth.

Geology: fossil remains in stone. Coloured engraving by S. Springsguth after M. Sheffield.

The antlers of an Irish fossil elk, and fossil teeth and tusks. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth, 1833.

The chemical pocket-book, or memoranda chemica; arranged in a compendium of chemistry ... with Bergman's table of single elective attractions / as improved by Dr. G. Pearson.

Dangerous sports. A tale / Addressed to children. Warning them against wanton, careless, or mischievous exposure to situations, from which alarming injuries so often proceed.

Outlines of oryctology. An introduction to the study of fossil organic remains; especially of those found in the British strata / By James Parkinson.

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James Parkinson

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The antlers of an Irish fossil elk, and fossil teeth and tusks. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth, 1833.

The chemical pocket-book, or memoranda chemica; arranged in a compendium of chemistry ... with Bergman's table of single elective attractions / as improved by Dr. G. Pearson.

An essay on the shaking palsy / by James Parkinson.

Dangerous sports. A tale / Addressed to children. Warning them against wanton, careless, or mischievous exposure to situations, from which alarming injuries so often proceed.

Outlines of oryctology. An introduction to the study of fossil organic remains; especially of those found in the British strata / By James Parkinson.

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James Parkinson

Images from the collections

Images by James Parkinson

Works from the collections

The antlers of an Irish fossil elk, and fossil teeth and tusks. Coloured etching by S. Springsguth, 1833.

The chemical pocket-book, or memoranda chemica; arranged in a compendium of chemistry ... with Bergman's table of single elective attractions / as improved by Dr. G. Pearson.

An essay on the shaking palsy / by James Parkinson.

Dangerous sports. A tale / Addressed to children. Warning them against wanton, careless, or mischievous exposure to situations, from which alarming injuries so often proceed.

Outlines of oryctology. An introduction to the study of fossil organic remains; especially of those found in the British strata / By James Parkinson.

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