The woman who walked into the sea : Huntington's and the making of a genetic disease / Alice Wexler.

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2008], ©2008.

xxiv, 253 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm

The death of Phebe Hedges -- The social course of St. Vitus's dance -- Inventing hereditary chorea -- Chorea and the clinical gaze -- The eyes of Elizabeth B. Muncey, M.D. -- Myths of origins and endings.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-241) and index.