Epilepsy : a study of the idiopathic disease.

  • Turner, William Aldren, 1864-1945.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Epilepsy : a study of the idiopathic disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IX. PACK The Pathology of Epilepsy (continued), - - - 188 Urine—Blood—Cerebro spinal fluid—Sweat—Thymus gland—Auto- intoxication. CHAPTER X. The Diagnosis of Epilepsy and of Epileptic Fits, - - 202 Diagnostic features — Epileptic and hysterical fits—Epileptiform convulsions—Aural vertigo—Fits in adult life. CHAPTER XI. The Prognosis and Curability of Epilepsy, - - - 211 Statistics of cure—Prognosis based upon treatment—Conditions influ- encing prognosis—Heredity—Age at onset—Duration of the disease— Frequency of seizures—Character of seizures—Sex—Cure of epilepsy— General conclusions. CHAPTER XII. The Treatment of Epilepsy, 224 Prophylaxis—Treatment at onset of the disease—The bromides ; their administration—Other remedies—Miscellaneous methods—Satisfactory cases—Organotherapy—Serotherapy—Treatment during the fit— Status epilepticus—Of the post-paroxysmal phenomena—Hygienic treatment —Education—Dietetic treatment—Institutional treatment— Surgical treatment—Epilepsy and life assurance. APPENDICES, 261 267