The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology

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JHU Press, 1994 - Medical - 467 pages

"A thoroughly admirable and informative introduction to our knowledge of epilepsy in the Western world from antiquity to the early twentieth century." - American Scientist

Owsei Temkin presents the history of epilepsy in Western civilization from ancient times to the beginnings of modern neurology. First published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most eminent scholars now returns to print available in both paperback and eBook formats.

 

Contents

THE SACRED DISEASE
3
EPILEPSY IN ANCIENT MEDICAL SCIENCE
28
21
60
Treatment
66
THE MIDDLE AGES
83
MEDIEVAL MEDICAL THEORIES
118
THEOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS
137
THE GREAT SYSTEMS
203
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 18001861
253
18331861
278
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
301
JOHN HUGHLINGS JACKSON
328
THE END OF THE FALLING SICKNESS?
347
Epilogue
383
Index of Personal Names
445
Index of Subjects
455

THE ENLIGHTENMENT
220

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About the author (1994)

Owsei Temkin, M.D. (1902–2002), was William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology, Soranus' Gynecology (translation), and Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians.

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