The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology by Owsei Temkin

The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology

Owsei Temkin

488 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
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Owsei Temkin presents the history of epilepsy in Western civilization from ancient times to the beginnings of modern neurology. First published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most emin...

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