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THOMSEN, Asmus Julius Thomas (1815 – 1896)

1815 – 1896

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1876 CE

#4744

Tonische Krämpfe in willkürlich beweglichen Muskeln in Folge von ererbter psychischer Disposition (Ataxia muscularis?).

Thomsen suffered from muscle weakness and cramps, an issue that all his sons inherited. Realizing that this was a hereditary disease, Thomsen managed to trace the disease for six generations, and found over 20 cases o…