Have you ever heard or seen a person scream out or jerk at random? These people could have a disorder called Tourette's Syndrome. This disorder is named after Georges Gilles de la Tourette, in 1857. Tourette was a neuropsychiatrist who was amazed by Sister Jeanne des Anges's illness when she was thrashing out at her friends, relatives, and random people and screaming out of the ordinary. Tourette and a colleague wrote an analysis about this certain …showed first 75 words of 669 total…

…showed last 75 words of 669 total…you'd feel if you started screaming in the middle of the mall and you didn't know and you could not control it. WORKS CITED Tourette's Syndrome Association (2002). Tourette's Syndrome. Retrieved November 8, 2003 from (http://www.tsa-usa.org/) Cleaver, Hannah, April 2, 2003. Marijuana Chemical Eases Tourette's Symptons. Retrived November 8, 2003 from (http://www.masscann.org/News/articles/04_02_2002_a.htm) Moriah, McSharry, McGrath. Pinpointing Tourette's Syndrome. Retrived November 8, 2003 from (http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper2/McGrath2.html