The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology (Softshell Books)
by Owsei Temkin
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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 eminent scholars now returns to print in a new softcover edition.Tags
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Owsei Temkin, M.D., is William H. Welch Professor Emeritus of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University
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- Nonfiction, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Biography & Memoir
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- RC372 .T45 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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