Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Owsei Temkin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1994-03 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Owsei Temkin and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Owsei Temkin and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Russell Edson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Falling Sickness, Russell Edson’s first collection of short plays ... reveals a new dimension in his work, a vein of dramatic satire that makes all the more vivid the nightmarish absurdities which underscore so much in our lives. As in his earlier books ... the scale of events is small, though the decibel level is shatteringly high: in each of the four plays, the bewildering wail of a nuclear family giving vent to its pain. If Edson’s microcosm seems unredeemable, it does after all exist in response to the greater world at large, and like the canvases of an Hieronymus Bosch, reveals the secret madnesses at its heart"--From publisher's description.
Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Owsei Temkin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book The Falling Sickness a History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology by Owsei Temkin written by Dr. Owsei Temkin and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Caesar to Me written by Joan L. Forde and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Julius Caesar s Disease written by Francesco M. Galassi and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIn this groundbreaking study, two medical historians present a provocative new diagnosis of the ailment that famously afflicted Julius Caesar. It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most accomplished military commanders in history was incapacitated by a condition referred to as morbus comitialis. But does the evidence of his illness really suggest a diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy that afflicted Caesar, what was it? These are the questions that doctors Francesco M. Galassi and Hutan Ashrafian seek to answer by applying modern medical knowledge to the symptoms and circumstances described by primary source documents—including statements made by Caesar himself. The result is a fascinating piece of historical-pathological detective work that challenges received wisdom about one of the most famous men of all time.“/DIV>
Download or read book The Falling Sickness 2nd Ed Revised written by Owsei Temkin and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Invention of the Modern Dog written by Michael Worboys and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the thoroughly Victorian origins of dog breeds. For centuries, different types of dogs were bred around the world for work, sport, or companionship. But it was not until Victorian times that breeders started to produce discrete, differentiated, standardized breeds. In The Invention of the Modern Dog, Michael Worboys, Julie-Marie Strange, and Neil Pemberton explore when, where, why, and how Victorians invented the modern way of ordering and breeding dogs. Though talk of "breed" was common before this period in the context of livestock, the modern idea of a dog breed defined in terms of shape, size, coat, and color arose during the Victorian period in response to a burgeoning competitive dog show culture. The authors explain how breeders, exhibitors, and showmen borrowed ideas of inheritance and pure blood, as well as breeding practices of livestock, horse, poultry and other fancy breeders, and applied them to a species that was long thought about solely in terms of work and companionship. The new dog breeds embodied and reflected key aspects of Victorian culture, and they quickly spread across the world, as some of Britain’s top dogs were taken on stud tours or exported in a growing international trade. Connecting the emergence and development of certain dog breeds to both scientific understandings of race and blood as well as Britain’s posture in a global empire, The Invention of the Modern Dog demonstrates that studying dog breeding cultures allows historians to better understand the complex social relationships of late-nineteenth-century Britain.
Download or read book A Disease Once Sacred written by Mervyn J. Eadie and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses current knowledge of epilepsy and epileptic seizures as a yardstick against which to interpret the thinking of the past. Attempts to trace the development of thought about individual aspects of the understanding of epilepsy one after the other and on a chronological basis.
Download or read book Epilepsy the Falling Sickness from CAESAR to ME written by Universal Arts Inc. and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Sacred Disease written by Hippocrates and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epilepsy in Babylonia written by Marten Stol and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stol's comprehensive exploration of the Babylonians' conception and treatment of epilepsy adds a new chapter to the history of this ancient disease. The author presents the sources, examines the terminology and places epilepsy in context among kindred illnesses. A full edition (transliteration, translation, commentary and cuneiform copy) of the relevant parts of the Diagnostic Handbook is included. According to the Ancients, epileptics are 'struck by the moon'. An examination of the relationship between epilepsy and the moon yields surprising results. This volume deals with material that was unavailable to O. Temkin, author of the classic "The Falling Sickness; A history of epilepsy from the Greeks to the beginning of modern neurology," (1971). It show that traditional views of the Ancient Near East lived on among the Greeks and Romans.
Download or read book From Caesar to Me written by Joan Forde and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stricken with Epilepsy as a young girl, Joan L. Forde confrontedand overcame her disease with an indestructible spirit that deservesthe admiration of all. "From Caesar To Me - The Falling Sickness"is the inspirational story of the author's adaptation to her handicapand the unique perspective she develops through coping with thephysical, social, and psychological problems which accompanyEpilepsy, traditionally known as, The Falling Sickness. Joan struggled against social ostracism along with job discrimination.Joan Forde was able to maintain an independent and hopeful spirit as well as create a happy life, complete with love and friendship.She hopes that her story will inspire and hold up as an example toother Epileptics, revealing the sunny side of an Epileptics experienceand the many possibilities for a happy, useful life, despite thelimitations imposed by this disease. Stricken with Epilepsy as a young girl, Joan L. Forde confrontedand overcame her disease with an indestructible spirit that deservesthe admiration of all. "From Caesar To Me - The Falling Sickness"is the inspirational story of the author's adaptation to her handicapand the unique perspective she develops through coping with thephysical, social, and psychological problems which accompanyEpilepsy, traditionally known as, The Falling Sickness. Joan struggled against social ostracism along with job discrimination.Joan Forde was able to maintain an independent and hopeful spirit as well as create a happy life, complete with love and friendship.She hopes that her story will inspire and hold up as an example toother Epileptics, revealing the sunny side of an Epileptics experienceand the many possibilities for a happy, useful life, despite thelimitations imposed by this disease.About the Author:Joan L. Forde grew up inPhiladelphia, Pa. where shewas born, December 10th, 1931.She was stricken with Epilepsyat the age of eleven. Despiteher handicap, she graduatedfrom J. W. Hallahan High Schoolin 1949 and subsequentlymarried and had two sons.Joan Forde has taken businesscourses at various institutions,and enjoys cooking, collectingantique furnishings, writing poetry and gardening.
Download or read book Introduction to Epilepsy written by Gonzalo Alarcón and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all aspects of epilepsy, from basic mechanisms to diagnosis and management, as well as legal and social considerations.
Download or read book The Falling Sickness written by Melissa Murray and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
