A history of multiple sclerosis / Colin L. Talley.

Westport, Conn. ; London : Praeger, 2008.

xvii, 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-192) and index.

From paraplegia to multiple sclerosis, 1820-1890 -- The emergence of multiple sclerosis, 1870-1950: from a rare to common disease -- Research on the causes of multiple sclerosis in Europe and North America, 1870-1935 -- Treatment of multiple sclerosis in the United States, 1870-1960 -- The emergence of multiple sclerosis movements in North America and Europe, 1946 to 1976 -- The illness experience of multiple sclerosis, 1957-2006 -- The emergence of the autoimmunity paradigm, 1933-2007.