The idea of epilepsy : (Record no. 96135)
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ISBN | 9781108842617 |
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Classification number | WL 385 |
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Personal author | Shorvon, Simon |
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Title | The idea of epilepsy : |
Subtitle | A medical and social history of epilepsy in the modern era (1860 - 2020) |
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Place of publication | Cambridge : |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
Date | 2023 |
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Physical description | vii, 752p |
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Abstract | Epilepsy has a fascinating history. To the medical historian Oswei Temkin it was 'the paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in disease'. It is justifiably considered a window on brain function. And yet its story is more than simply a medical narrative, but one influenced also by scientific, societal and personal themes. Written for a medical and non-medical readership, this book describes the major developments in epilepsy between 1860-2020, a turbulent era in which science dominated as an explanatory model, medical theories and practices steered an erratic course, and societal attitudes and approaches to epilepsy fluctuated dramatically. In the middle of this maelstrom was the person with epilepsy at the mercy of social attitudes and legislation, and at times harmed as well as helped by medicine and science. So entangled is the history that intriguingly, as an entity, epilepsy may now be thought not even to exist. |
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Subject term | Nervous System Disorder |
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Subject term | Sezuire |
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Subject term | Spasm |
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Subject term | Epilepsy |
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Subject term | Medical History |
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Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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National Library of Medicine | Stenhouse Library | Stenhouse Library | Shelves | 17/07/2023 | Tomlinsons | 64.99 | 1 | WL 385 | ST00354 | 22/08/2023 | 22/08/2023 | 64.99 | 17/08/2023 | Book |