
Specific Cases
- Since its discovery in 1908 there have been around 50 cases of AHS.
- But it was not until 1972 that AHS was recognized as a real disease.
- The first case was discovered by German psychiatrist Dr. Kurt Goldstein. He reported that in a 57 year old woman her left hand had a "will of its own". The hand would twitch, fidget, pick up object and on some occasions wrap so tightly around her throat she would need to use excessive force with her dominant hand to stop it.