Jenkins J B, Conneally P M
Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, PA 19081.
Am J Hum Genet. 1989 Jul;45(1):169-75.
I recall it as vividly as though it had occurred but yesterday. It made a most enduring impression upon my boyish mind which was my very first impulse to choosing chorea as my virgin contribution to medical lore. Driving with my father through a wooded road leading from East Hampton to Amagansett we suddenly came upon two women, mother and daughter, both tall and thin, almost cadaverous, both bowing, twisting, grimacing. I stared in wonderment, almost in fear. What could it mean? My father paused to speak with them and we passed on. Then my Gamaliel-like instruction began; my medical education had its inception. From this point on, my interest in the disease has never wholly ceased. [George Huntington, at 59, recalling how at the age of 8 years he first saw Huntington disease while traveling with his physician father on his professional rounds in 1858].
我对这件事的记忆无比清晰，就好像它是昨天才发生的一样。它在我少年的心中留下了极为深刻的印象，这也是我最初萌生将舞蹈病作为我对医学知识的首次贡献的冲动。我和父亲开车行驶在一条从东汉普顿通往阿马甘西特的林间道路上，突然遇到了两位女性，母亲和女儿，她们都身材高挑且消瘦，几乎像尸体一样，两人都在鞠躬、扭动身体、做鬼脸。我惊讶地盯着她们，几乎感到恐惧。这意味着什么呢？我父亲停下来和她们交谈，然后我们继续前行。接着，我那如同伽玛列般的教导开始了；我的医学教育由此起步。从那时起，我对这种疾病的兴趣就从未完全停止过。[59岁的乔治·亨廷顿回忆起1858年他8岁时，与身为医生的父亲一起进行职业巡诊时首次见到亨廷顿病的情景]
