A Disease Once Sacred

A Disease Once Sacred
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Publisher : John Libbey Eurotext
Total Pages : 260
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Download or read book A Disease Once Sacred written by Mervyn J. Eadie and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses current knowledge of epilepsy and epileptic seizures as a yardstick against which to interpret the thinking of the past. Attempts to trace the development of thought about individual aspects of the understanding of epilepsy one after the other and on a chronological basis.


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