Today, however, we remember him for his landmark study of the affliction then called the shaking palsy, but known ever since as Parkinson's disease. Parkinson had one other slight claim to fame.

然而，今天我们所以记得他，是因为他对一种疾病的具有划时代意义的研究。这种疾病在当时被称之为震颤性麻痹，但之后一直被叫做帕金森综合征。帕金森在另一个方面也稍有名气。