You should restrain someone having a seizure. Sometimes I do not know. People with Epilepsy have the same range of abilities and intelligence as the rest of us. True False Chewing of the mouth is the only sign. Partial seizures are limited to one area of the brain, while generalized involves the whole brain.
Partial seizures result in leg jerks only, while generalized result in all body parts jerking.
Partial seizures require an antiepilepic polytherapy to treat, while generalized requires a monotherapy. You got out of correct. It was mentioned more than 2,000 years before Christ. References can be found in ancient Greek texts and in The Bible. It wasn't until the mid 1800's, however, that Epilepsy was given serious study.