museumofdisability
Roy Moore
William Little, an English surgeon, wrote the first medical descriptions of what is now known a cerebral palsy. Originally cerebral palsy was called Little's Disease due to William Little's description in an 1861 paper. Little believed that the condition was due to a lack of oxygen during birth. Little's Disease is now known as spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy.
Roy Moore
William Little, an English surgeon, wrote the first medical descriptions of what is now known a cerebral palsy. Originally cerebral palsy was called Little's Disease due to William Little's description in an 1861 paper. Little believed that the condition was due to a lack of oxygen during birth. Little's Disease is now known as spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy.