The falling sickness : a history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginnings of modern neurology

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The falling sickness : a history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginnings of modern neurology

Owsei Temkin

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971

2nd ed., rev

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Note

Bibliography: p. 399-443

Includes indexes

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Description

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 in a new softcover edition.

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  • NCID
    BA53228565
  • ISBN
    • 0801812119
  • LCCN
    70139522
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Baltimore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 467 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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