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Synopsis of cerebral and spinal seizures of inorganic origin and of paroxysmal form as a class; and of their pathology as involved in the structures and actions of the neck.

Publication Details

London: J. Mallett, 1851 CE.

Hall was the first to suggest that the paroxysmal nervous discharges in epilepsy were produced by the spinal nervous system, first to notice the connection of anemia with epilepsy, and first to deduce that epilepsy was produced by anemia of the medulla.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#4812
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1589
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External URLsynopsis-of-cerebral-and-spinal-seizures-of-inorganic-origin-and-of-paroxysmal-form-as-a-class-and-of-their-pathology-as-involved-in-the-structures-and-actions-of-the-neck

Geographic Context

Publication place: London