Foreword by Professor WI McDonaldTerminology and Disease DescriptionThe Framing of Multiple SclerosisThe Palsy Without a Name: Suffering with Paraplegia 1395-1868The Steps Towards a Recovery: The Early Medical ReportsThe Building Blocks of a DiscoveryThe Contribution of J.M. Charcot 1868The Medical Reports After CharcotClarifying The Pathology: James DawsonThe Journal of A Disappointed ManExperimentation, Meetings, Reviews and Symposia, 1920-1960Searching for a Cause of MSClassifying and Measuring MSThe Nature of the MS PlaqueInvestigationsSearching for TherapyMS and the Public: SocietiesNarratives and the MediaA Chronology of Events in the History of MSAfterword