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

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JHU Press, 01.03.1994 - 488 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.

 

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THE SACRED DISEASE
EPILEPSY IN ANCIENT MEDICAL SCIENCE
THE FALLING SICKNESS
MEDIEVAL MEDICAL THEORIES
THEOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS
BROADENING EXPERIENCE AND CHANGING THEORY
THE GREAT SYSTEMS AND THE PERIOD OF ENLIGHTENMENT
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
18331861
JACKSONS FORERUNNERS
JOHN HUGHLINGS JACKSON
THE END OF THE FALLING SICKNESS?
Epilogue
Appendix II
Index of Personal Names
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18001833

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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. He was also the author of Soranus' Gynecology (translation), and Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians.

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