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Author Eadie, Mervyn J.

Title A disease once sacred : a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy / M.J. Eadie and P.F. Bladin
Published Eastleigh : John Libbey, 2001

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 MELB  616.853009 Ead/Dos  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 248 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents Pt. I. The Present Situation -- Ch. 1. Epilepsy - as it is understood today -- Pt. II. The Clinical Manifestations of Epilepsy -- Ch. 2. Ancient Times to the Renaissance -- Ch. 3. The Renaissance to the Enlightenment -- Ch. 4. The 19th Century to Jackson -- Ch. 5. Jackson and Afterwards -- Ch. 6. The Changed Meaning of Certain Terms Related to Epilepsy -- Pt. III. The Nature of the Epileptic Process -- Ch. 7. The Interpretation of the Epileptic Process -- Ch. 8. Supernatural Interpretations -- Ch. 9. Biological Interpretations - Ancient Times to the Renaissance -- Ch. 10. Biological Interpretations - the Renaissance to the Enlightenment -- Ch. 11. Biological Interpretations - the 19th Century to Jackson -- Ch. 12. Biological Interpretations - Jackson and Afterwards
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index
Subject Epilepsy -- Popular works.
Epilepsy -- History.
Epilepsy -- history.
Genre/Form History.
Author Bladin, Peter F.
LC no. 2002421816
ISBN 0861966074 paperback