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

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. Second Edition, Revised. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Edition; Rev. 2nd ed. Physical description; xv, 467 p. : ill ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographic references (p. 399-443) and index. Audience; Interest age: From 17. Contents; Antiquity -- Epilepsy: the sacred disease -- Epilepsy in ancient medical science -- The Middle Ages -- Epilepsy: the falling sickness -- Medieval medical theories -- The Renaissance -- Theological, philosophical, and social aspects -- Broadening experience and changing theory -- The great systems and the Period of Enlightenment -- The great systems -- The Enlightenment -- The Nineteenth Century (1800-1861) -- First period: (1800-1833) -- Second period: (1833-1861) -- The Nineteenth Century-the age of Hughlings Jackson -- Jackson's forerunners -- John Hughlings Jackson -- The end of the falling sickness? Summary; 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. Biography; Owsei Temkin, M.D. (1902-2002), was William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology, Soranus' Gynecology (translation), and Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians. Subjects; Epilepsy - History. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology ; History of medicine. Medical / History. Medical / Neurology. Genre; Illustrated.