The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern NeurologyJHU Press, 1994 - 467 Seiten "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. |
Inhalt
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 |
| 445 | |
| 455 | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affected Alexander of Tralles anatomical ancient Apuleius Aretaeus Aristotle Arnald of Villanova aura Avicenna believed blood body brain Caelius Aurelianus Caelius Aurelianus 192 cause of epilepsy cerebral cerebrum clinical convulsions corpus striatum cure demoniac demons divine Dostoievski dura mater eighteenth century epileptic attacks epileptic fit epileptiform Esquirol etiam explanation falling evil falling sickness Falret footnote Galen Grensemann 429 Herpin Hippocrates 491 Hippocratic history of epilepsy humors hysteria hysterical Ibid influence insanity irritation Jackson 556 later lepsy lesion loss of consciousness magic medicine medieval medulla oblongata mental Mohammed moon Morb morbid morbo morbus muscles nature nerves nervous system observations origin Paracelsus paroxysm pathology patient phlegm physicians physiological psychic quae quia quod remedies Sacred Disease seizures Soranus suffered sunt symptoms syphilis Temkin theory of epilepsy tion Tissot translation treatment trephining vapors various vertigo καὶ
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