The end of epilepsy? : a history of the modern era of epilepsy research 1860-2010 / Dieter Schmidt, Emeritus Professor of Neurology, Free University Berlin and Head of Epilepsy Research Group Berlin, Germany, Simon Shorvon, Professor of Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, and Consultant Neurologist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Dieter, 1939- author.

Shorvon, S. D. (Simon D.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy--Research--History.

Epilepsy.

Epilepsy--Research.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 188 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

A history of the modern era of epilepsy research, providing a critical overview of the advances, improvements, set-backs, and social and political influences on progress that have characterised the endeavours of researchers in the field over the past 150 years.

Contents:

1 What is Epilepsy? 1

2 Attitudes 21

3 The Pharmaceutical Phoenix Rises 39

4 Modern Blockbusters 61

5 Resecting Epilepsy 81

6 The Dark Side of Epilepsy 107

7 Culs-de-Sac and Bureaucracies 127

8 Is the End of Epilepsy in Sight? 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online version.

Other Format:

Schmidt, Dieter, 1939- End of epilepsy?

ISBN:

9780198725909

0198725906

OCLC:

965302150