"Jumping Frenchmen of Maine" : Myriachit
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Title
"Jumping Frenchmen of Maine" : Myriachit
Description
Article on a neurological disorder marked by violent and sometimes repetitive responses to startling movements or sounds, here found among French Canadian lumbermen in northern Maine. Based on an 1880 report of Dr. George M. Beard - the only author on such a phenomenon at the time - and his research in Maine's Moosehead Lake Region in the 19th century. How Beard's "jumping" condition compares with the similar conditions of "myriachit" and "latah," with references made to Gilles de la Tourette's research and the neurological syndrome named after him. Certain cases of the disorder's varying manifestations among those who possessed it, and the disorder's apparent disappearance.
Creator
Stevens, Harold
Source
Date
1965-03-01
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
19th century; Moosehead Lake Region, Maine
Contribution Form
Zotero
DOI
10.1001/archneur.1965.00460270087011
ISSN
0003-9942
Issue
3
Pages
311-314
Publication Title
Archives of Neurology
Volume
12