Epilepsy: Perception, Imagination, and Change Jim Chambliss, Mark Cook, Jacqueline Healy Attitudes to epilepsy provide an excellent perspective on the collision between magic and science, the earliest records attempting to distinguish between disease and demonic possession. This interpretation of the origin of seizures has influenced significantly the management of the illness over the ages, and continues to inform popular conceptions. This publication brings together past and present attitudes to epilepsy examining impact on individuals, families and communities. |
