{"product_id":"the-idea-of-epilepsy-a-medical-and-social-history-of-epilepsy-in-the-modern-era-1860-2020-paperback-softback-9781108829519","title":"The Idea of Epilepsy; A Medical and Social History of Epilepsy in the Modern Era (1860–2020) (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108829519","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Idea of Epilepsy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Medical and Social History of Epilepsy in the Modern Era (1860–2020)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe definitive and scholarly history of the modern era of epilepsy, covering its medical, scientific, societal and personal aspects.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon D. Shorvon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108829519, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e762 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3.9 cm, 1.397 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is a resource that belongs in every library. …The Idea of Epilepsy is suitable not only for epileptologists and neurologists but also for anyone with an interest in the history of medicine.' Gunter Kraemer, The Lancet Neurology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEpilepsy 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. The voyage of the good ship epilepsy:\u003cbr\u003e Introduction:\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: a note on the concept of epilepsy\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. 'A plague upon your epileptic visage'\u003cbr\u003e 1. 1860–1914 the birth of modern epilepsy\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1914–1945 epilepsy in the age of catastrophe\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1945–1970 epilepsy and the new world order\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1970–1995 epilepsy in a globalised world\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1995–2020 the epilepsy floods are too recent\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Epilepsy: The paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in disease\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The separation of the wheat from the chaff\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. The epilepsy balance sheet\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Obsolete or failed theories and treatments\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. The international league against epilepsy\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of scientific and medical terms in the field of epilepsy\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of names\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Neurology \u0026amp; clinical neurophysiology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Neurology \u0026amp; clinical neurophysiology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Neurology%20\u0026amp;%20clinical%20neurophysiology%20%5BMJN%5D%22\"\u003eMJN\u003c\/a\u003e], Diseases \u0026amp; disorders [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Diseases \u0026amp; disorders\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Diseases%20\u0026amp;%20disorders%20%5BMJC%5D%22\"\u003eMJC\u003c\/a\u003e], History of medicine [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20medicine%20%5BMBX%5D%22\"\u003eMBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453593317656,"sku":"9781108829519","price":30.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108829519i.jpg?v=1785287343","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-idea-of-epilepsy-a-medical-and-social-history-of-epilepsy-in-the-modern-era-1860-2020-paperback-softback-9781108829519","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}