The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology (Softshell Books) de Owsei Temkin - 1994-03-01

467 pp. Softcover, bound in wraps. Unmarked copy.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994-03-01. 2nd Revised ed. paperback. Good condition. 5x1x9. good condition,fast ship

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. Soft Cover. New.

Paperback / softback. New. 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.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. Second Edition, Revised. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Edition; Rev. 2nd ed. Physical description; xv, 467 p. : ill ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographic references (p. 399-443) and index. Audience; Interest age: From 17. Contents; Antiquity -- Epilepsy: the sacred disease -- Epilepsy in ancient medical science -- The Middle Ages -- Epilepsy: the falling sickness -- Medieval medical theories -- The Renaissance -- Theological, philosophical, and social aspects -- Broadening experience and changing theory -- The great systems and the Period of Enlightenment -- The great systems -- The Enlightenment -- The Nineteenth Century (1800-1861) -- First period: (1800-1833) -- Second period: (1833-1861) -- The Nineteenth Century-the age of Hughlings Jackson -- Jackson's forerunners -- John Hughlings Jackson -- The end of… Leer más

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. Paperback. New. revised edition. 488 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!