NEWER KNOWLEDGE OF EPILEPSY
Authors: William G. Lennox
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 February 1943NEWER KNOWLEDGE OF EPILEPSYWILLIAM G. LENNOXWILLIAM G. LENNOXSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-2-145 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMore has been learned about the real nature of epilepsy in the past 20 years than in the preceding 20 centuries. We have only two or three minutes for each year of these 20; therefore, I shall for the most part limit myself to the data which my associates and I have been able to collect.ECONOMICS OF EPILEPSYBefore considering the science of epilepsy, let us think for a moment of its economics. When our world warring is ended, medicine like every other activity will need to link arms with economics. The amount of money spent in the prevention...References1. LENNOX WG: Science and seizures, 1941, Harper & Brothers, New York. Google Scholar2. GEYELIN HR: Relation between the acid and alkali of the blood in epilepsy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxxi, 330. Google Scholar3. TALBOT F: Treatment of epilepsy, 1930, Macmillan, New York. Google Scholar4. LENNOXBEHNKE WGAR: Effect of increased oxygen pressure on the seizures of epilepsy, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1936, xxxv, 782. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FAY T: The therapeutic effect of dehydration on epileptic patients, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1930, xxiii, 920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MCQUARRIEPEELER IDB: The effects of sustained pituitary antidiuresis and forced water drinking in epileptic children, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1931, x, 915. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GIBBSLENNOXGIBBS FAWGEL: Cerebral blood flow preceding and accompanying epileptic seizures in man, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1934, xxxii, 257. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BRONKBRINK DWF: Energy requirements for the maintenance of structure and function in nerve. Paper read before the American Physiological Society, Boston, April, 1942. Google Scholar9. MERRITTPUTNAM HHTJ: Sodium diphenyl-hydantoinate (dilantin sodium) in the treatment of convulsive disorders, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 1068. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MYERSONHALLORANHIRSCH ARDHL: Technic for obtaining blood from the internal jugular vein and internal carotid artery, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1927, xvii, 807. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BERGER H: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen, Arch. f. Psychiat., 1929, lxxxvii, 529. Google Scholar12. GIBBSGIBBS FAEL: Atlas of electroencephalography, 1941, Cummings, Cambridge. Google Scholar13. DAVISDAVIS HPA: Action potentials of the brain in normal persons and in normal states of cerebral activity, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1936, xxxvi, 1214. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Read at the St. Paul meeting of the American College of Physicians May 4, 1942. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIdiopathic Epilepsy in Pregnancy 1 February 1943Volume 18, Issue 2Page: 145-153KeywordsEpilepsy ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1943 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1943, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...