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The End of Epilepsy?

By Dieter Schmidt

The End of Epilepsy?

By Dieter Schmidt

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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 andHughlings-Jacksons definition of epilepsy in 186.
This thought-provoking book comprehensively covers the definitions of and the attitudes to epilepsy over the past 15 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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
204
Release Date:
2016-11-01
Publication Date:
2015-03-26
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198725906
ISBN13:
9780198725909
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
476 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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