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The End of Epilepsy? - A history of the modern era of epilepsy research 1860-2010 (Hardcover)
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The End of Epilepsy? - A history of the modern era of epilepsy research 1860-2010 (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Medical Histories
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Epilepsy is more than just a physical condition, the fact of simply
having epileptic seizures, it has cultural, geographic and
historical meaning and significance which go beyond that of a
neurological disorder, and which defy a single perspective. The End
of Epilepsy? is a beautifully illustrated, authoritative, and
engaging history of medical developments during the modern era of
epilepsy, which began with the introduction of Bromides and
Hughlings-Jacksons definition of epilepsy in 1860. This
thought-provoking book comprehensively covers the definitions of
and the attitudes to epilepsy over the past 150 years, and
describes the bureaucracies surrounding the condition. It explores
the technological advances, and the different management
techniques, with antiepileptic drugs and surgery, which have been
applied to epilepsy up to the present day. After presenting an
overview both of the advances and improvements made, and also of
the dark side which has cast shadows over medical and social
progress, the authors then critically examine on-going research
into new treatments for epilepsy, and provide an insight into the
complex underpinnings of scientific and medical practice. They look
forward to a time when the condition will no longer be, as Temkin
put it, a paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in
disease.
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