| Hallmarks in the history of epilepsy: epilepsy in antiquity. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 19963440 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The purpose of this article is to highlight the hallmarks of epilepsy as a disease and symptom during antiquity and especially during Ancient Greece and Rome. A thorough study of texts, medical books, and reports along with a review of the available literature in PubMed was undertaken. Observations on epilepsy date back to the medical texts of the Assyrians and Babylonians, almost 2000 years B.C. Considered initially as a divine malady or demonic possession, epilepsy was demythologized by the Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, who was the first to set in dispute its divine origin. Physicians in the early post-Hippocratic era did not make any important contribution regarding the mechanisms of epileptic convulsions, but contributed mainly in the field of nosology and systemization of symptoms. |
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Authors:
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Emmanouil Magiorkinis; Kalliopi Sidiropoulou; Aristidis Diamantis |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Review Date: 2009-12-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Epilepsy & behavior : E&B Volume: 17 ISSN: 1525-5069 ISO Abbreviation: Epilepsy Behav Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-02-04 Completed Date: 2010-04-16 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100892858 Medline TA: Epilepsy Behav Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 103-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Office for the Study of History of Hellenic Naval Medicine, Naval Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece. mayiork@med.uoa.gr |
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Epilepsy
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history* History, Ancient Humans |
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