Side B: (continued from other side) George Sumner Huntington’s February 1872 address in Middleport was published eight weeks later in the Medical and Surgical Reporter, published in Philadelphia. In three short paragraphs, Huntington described what he called hereditary chorea (now known as Huntington’s Disease) as having three main features–a “hereditary nature,” a “tendency toward insanity,” and “its manifestation as a grave disease in adult life.” This became one of the classical descriptions of a neurological disease and led to great interest into the origins of the terrible affliction. Since Dr. Huntington’s address in Middleport, 9,000 articles have been published on Huntington’s Disease; the genetic marker for the disease was found in 1983 and research efforts toward a cure continue. Ironically, Huntington was not a medical researcher, nor did he have any interest in the subject. He and his wife left Pomeroy in 1873, moving back to New York State where Dr. Huntington practiced medicine.