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Epilepsy: The Social Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Evelyn Muirden
Evelyn Muirden*
Affiliation:
Epilepsy Foundation of Social Welfare, Victoria
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Epilepsy is one of the oldest and most mysterious conditions known to man. Although as long ago as 460 BC, Hypocrates claimed that seizures were due to afflictions of the brain, the myth has persisted until modern times that epilepsy is a manifestation of devil possession or a punishment of sin by God. The sudden onset of attacks and equally sudden disappearance only confirmed the long held view that supernatural powers were at work.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 1977 , pp. 29 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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