MS Inside-Out: History of MS

MS Inside-Out: History of MS

• 1399, 1st diagnosed case of MS

           Saint Lidwina of Holland

           1380-1434 

           Diagnosed with MS at 19 

           MSer for 34 years!  

• May 1, 1945 

          a New York Times classified advertisement read:

        “Multiple Sclerosis. Will anyone recovered from it 

          please communicate with the patient." 

             Placed by Miss Sylvia Lawry, Founder NMSS

•      March 11, 1946   

           The National Multiple Sclerosis Society founded. 

•     1993 - first disease-modifying therapy
   
•     2020 Still no cause, no cure.