The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology (Softshell Books) Paperback – March 1, 1994 Author: Visit Amazon's Owsei Temkin Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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A JAMA reviewer hailed the 1945 first edition of The Falling Sickness as a reference work with 'no historical rival' which 'occupies a seperate shelf in the reviewer's Library of Fame.' A revised second edition, published in 1971, increased the bibliography from a hefty 706 references to a weighty 1120. The number of footnotes, many in French, Latin, or Greek, multiplied from 1721 to 2073! The review of the second edition deemed Tempkin's intensely researched and well-organized historical work 'magnificient'... [The 1994 publication is] a facinating study of the history of one of the world's most intriguing maladies.
(Andrew N. WilnerM.D
Journal of the American Medical Association)
The definitive account... Detailed, meticulous, and accurate... A thoroughly admirable and informative introduction to our knowledge of epilepsy in the Western world from antiquity to the early twentieth century.
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American Scientist)
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- Series: Softshell Books
- Paperback: 488 pages
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; Revised edition (March 1, 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0801848490
- ISBN-13: 978-0801848490
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
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