The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology
- ISBN-10
- 0801848490
- ISBN-13
- 9780801848490
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 492
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-03
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Owsei Temkin
Description
"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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