CP 31 days of facts: Day 9 and 10; the history of CP

Day nine: In the mid-1800s, Dr. William John Little pioneered the study of cerebral palsy using his own childhood disability as an inspiration. His innovative techniques are still helping people today.

Day ten: Sir William Osler, considered an important figure in furthering modern medicine, wrote the first book on cerebral palsy. Dr. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, proposed the idea that cerebral palsy might result from abnormal fetal development – decades before the medical field embraced the concept.

Currently doctors believe that you can get CP from brain damage, not abnormal fetal development.  

http://cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/history-and-origin/