Dictionary of Biological Psychology
Lou Gehrig’s disease is AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) was an American baseball player - first base for the New York Yankees in the American League.
He set a record of 2130 consecutive games played, one not bettered until 1995. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939 and his life story was made into a feature film (Pride of the Yankees, 1942) with Gary Cooper in the lead role. Before he developed it, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was not well-known but his popularity was such that the disease became associated with him in the public mind. The well-known mathematician, physicist and author Stephen Hawking is another well-known sufferer.
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