Epilepsy-- its symptoms, treatment, and relation to other chronic convulsive diseasesChurchill, 1861 - 360 pages |
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... described in this volume is , strictly speaking , idiopathic epilepsy ; and I have here nothing to do with so- called symptomatic or sympathetic epilepsy , each of which will be examined in another work . It has appeared to me im ...
... described in this volume is , strictly speaking , idiopathic epilepsy ; and I have here nothing to do with so- called symptomatic or sympathetic epilepsy , each of which will be examined in another work . It has appeared to me im ...
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... described in their several forms ; and , under the head of Natural History , I have given information upon such points as the prevalence of epilepsy , its proportion to diseases generally , to affections of the nervous system , and to ...
... described in their several forms ; and , under the head of Natural History , I have given information upon such points as the prevalence of epilepsy , its proportion to diseases generally , to affections of the nervous system , and to ...
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... described , and that yet these doctrines have passed current in the minds of their fol- lowers for generations ; they have been accepted without ques- tion , and acted upon without fear ; and thus the trustworthy beliefs of the day are ...
... described , and that yet these doctrines have passed current in the minds of their fol- lowers for generations ; they have been accepted without ques- tion , and acted upon without fear ; and thus the trustworthy beliefs of the day are ...
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... described . It is always highly undesirable to change the names of things , and unless change is imperatively demanded it should be avoided ; but the ap- plication of the numerical method to the study of disease must result ...
... described . It is always highly undesirable to change the names of things , and unless change is imperatively demanded it should be avoided ; but the ap- plication of the numerical method to the study of disease must result ...
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... described by a third may consist principally of epileptics . It is obvious , therefore , that the statistical results obtained from these three groups must differ widely in regard of such points as mental condition , hereditary taint ...
... described by a third may consist principally of epileptics . It is obvious , therefore , that the statistical results obtained from these three groups must differ widely in regard of such points as mental condition , hereditary taint ...
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absent Age at commencement appears asphyxia cachexia cause cent cerebral chloroform clonic spasm condition of epileptics convulsions degree Delasiauve deterioration disease eccentric irritation emotional disturbance epilepsia gravior epilepsia mitior epileptiform Esquirol evidence exhibited existed extremely fact female sex fits following table four fourth classes frequency of attacks groups hereditary epilepsy hereditary predisposition hereditary taint impaired individuals induced influence intellectual interparoxysmal larger number latter le petit mal less loss of consciousness Maladies Mentales male sex Marshall Hall mean age mean duration medulla oblongata meningitis mental class mental condition mental failure motility muscles muscular nervous system number of attacks nutrition observed occurred organic condition organic health pain paralysis paroxysm patients petit phenomena present puberty pulse rate of frequency regard relation respiration rheumatic fever seizures sensation slight spinal spinal cord suffered symptoms tonic Total number Traité de l'Épilepsie tremor vertigo violent whereas
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