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Epilepsy

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A violent nervous affection, manifesting itself usually in sudden convulsive seizures and unconsciousness, followed by temporary stoppage of the breath and rigidity of the body, popularly known as "falling sickness"; origin as yet undecided; attributed by the ancients to demoniacal possession.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Epilepsy'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/epilepsy.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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