Some Recent Observations Regarding the Nature of Epilepsy
Authors: IRVINE MCQUARRIE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 October 1932Some Recent Observations Regarding the Nature of EpilepsyIRVINE MCQUARRIE, M.D.IRVINE MCQUARRIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-4-497 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONA survey of the literature on the subject reveals the fact that there has been a notable revival of interest in the problem of epilepsy during the past few years. Although the annals of medical history are replete with references to this bizzare convulsive disorder, there have been but two short periods before the present in which measurable progress toward solution of its problems has been made. The first of these was that in which the illustrious Greek physician, Hippocrates (460-347 B.C.)1succeeded in dissipating the cloud of superstition that had previously enshrouded the disease and laid the foundation...References1 ADAMS F: The genuine works of Hippocrates, 1886, William Wood and Company, New York. Google Scholar2 TALBOT FB: Treatment of epilepsy, 1930, The Macmillan Company, New York. Google Scholar3 KUSSMAULTENNER AA: Referred to by Lennox and Cobb. l.c. Google Scholar4 JACKSON JH: West Riding Lunatic Asylum reports, 1873, iii, 315. Google Scholar5 GOWERS WR: Epilepsy and other chronic convulsive diseases, 1881, J. and A. Churchill, London. Google Scholar6 LENNOXCOBB WGS: Epilepsy from standpoint of physiology and treatment, Med., 1928, vii, 105-290. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 HOLMES EG: The epilepsies, Brit. Med. Jr., 1929, ii, 260-261. Google Scholar8 GUELPAMARIE GA: Lutte contre l'épilepsie par la désintoxication, Bull. Gen. de Therap., 1910, clx, 616-624. 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