The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern NeurologyJHU 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. |
Inhalt
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 | |
18001833 | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affected Alexander of Tralles anatomical ancient Apuleius Aretaeus Aristotle Arnald of Villanova aura Aurelianus 192 Avicenna believed blood body brain Caelius Aurelianus cause of epilepsy cerebral cerebrum clinical convulsions corpus corpus striatum cure demoniac demons divine Dostoievski dura mater eighteenth century epileptic attacks epileptic fit epileptiform etiam explanation falling evil falling sickness footnote Galen Herpin Hippocrates Hippocrates 491 Hippocratic history of epilepsy humors hysteria hysterical Ibid idiopathic epilepsy influence insanity irritation l’épilepsie later Leipzig lesion London loss of consciousness magic maladies medicine medieval medulla oblongata mental Mohammed moon morbid morbo morbus movements muscles nature nerves nervous system observations origin Paracelsus Paris paroxysm pathology patient phlegm physicians physiological possession psychic quae quia quod remedies Sacred Disease seizures Soranus Sudhoff suffered sunt sympathetic epilepsy symptoms Temkin theory of epilepsy Tissot Traité transl translation trephining vapors various vertigo