The neurological emergence of epilepsy : the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic (1870-1895) /: the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic (1870-1895). ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vasia Lekka.
• Authors: Lekka, Vasia, 1981-
• Contents: Preface; I On a History of Epilepsy; II Outline of the Chapters; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Story of a Picture; 1.2 Epilepsy Today; 1.3 Some Thoughts Concerning Methodology; References; Chapter 2: "Bodies That Matter": Living in the Nineteenth Century; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Living in the Nineteenth Century; 2.3 "Bodies That Matter"; 2.4 Epilepsy and Epileptics up to the Nineteenth Century; References; Chapter 3: Unrolling the Archives' Thread: Epilepsy and Epileptics at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic. 3.1 The Foundation of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic3.2 1870-1879; 3.3 1880-1885; 3.4 1886-1890; 3.5 1891-1895; 3.6 The 'National Society for the Employment of Epileptics'; References; Chapter 4: Discovering Epilepsy and Epileptics in Victorian London; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Epileptic Patients' Gender; 4.3 Epileptic Patients' Age; 4.4 Epileptic Patients' Marital Status; 4.5 Epileptic Patients' Occupation; 4.6 Epileptic Patients' Address of Residence; 4.7 Epileptic Patients' Lived Experience; 4.8 Towards a Sociology of Epilepsy and Epileptics; References. Chapter 5: Epilepsy in the Age of Neurology5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Entering the National Hospital; 5.3 Staying at the National Hospital; 5.4 Curing the Epileptic Body; 5.5 Exiting the National Hospital; 5.6 Examining the Epileptic Body; 5.7 Turning the Gaze to the Human Body; 5.8 Introducing a New Physiology of the Human Brain; 5.9 Putting the Population Under the Microscope; References; Chapter 6: Towards the Twenty-First Century; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Epilepsy in the Twentieth Century; 6.3 Epileptic Patients in the Twentieth Century; 6.4 Towards the Twenty-First Century; References; Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: Cham New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.85/3; History; Epilepsy -- Diagnosis -- History; Epileptics -- Care -- Great Britain; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain); MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Neurology; Epilepsy -- Diagnosis; Epileptics -- Care; Medical -- Neuroscience; Medical -- Public Health; Neurosciences; Public health & preventive medicine; Neurosciences; Science -- History; History of science; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319062938
• Related ISBNs: 331906293X; 9783319062921; 3319062921
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed June 25, 2014).
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