The Idea of Epilepsy
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Epilepsy has a fascinating history. To the medical historian Oswei Temkin it was ‘the paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in disease’. It is justifiably considered a window on brain function. And yet its story is more than simply a medical narrative, but one influenced also by scientific, societal and personal themes. Written for a medical and non-medical readership, this book describes the major developments in epilepsy between 1860–2020, a turbulent era in which science dominated as an explanatory model, medical theories and practices steered an erratic course, and societal attitudes and approaches to epilepsy fluctuated dramatically. In the middle of this maelstrom was the person with epilepsy at the mercy of social attitudes and legislation, and at times harmed as well as helped by medicine and science. So entangled is the history that intriguingly, as an entity, epilepsy may now be thought not even to exist.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Publication date : July 25, 2024
Edition : New
Language : English
Print length : 762 pages
ISBN-10 : 1108829511
ISBN-13 : 978-1108829519
Item Weight : 3.07 pounds
Dimensions : 7 x 1.72 x 10 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,734,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #212 in Epilepsy #870 in Medical Neuropsychology #1,546 in Popular Neuropsychology
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MS –
Excellent encyclopedic historical narrative
Excellent book. Extremely detailed. Is encyclopedic in its scope.
𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓪 𝓜𝓬 –
Excellent.