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The Functions of Brain and Muscle, considered in relation to Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

J. Thompson Dickson*
Affiliation:
Lecturer on Mental Diseases at Guy's Hospital

Extract

The object of this paper is to discuss some of the opinions which have recently been expressed as to the nature of Epilepsy; and in particular, the views of Dr. Hughlings Jackson, who regards the epileptic phenomenon as the result of a “discharge” from a damaged portion of the brain, which he speaks of as a “discharging lesion.”∗

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Part 1.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1873 

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