Download or read book The Border-Land of Epilepsy written by William R. Gowers and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Border-Land of Epilepsy: Faints, Vagal Attacks, Vertigo, Migraine, Sleep Symptoms, and Their Treatment For many years I have kept a special list of all cases which seemed to be in the border-land of epilepsy - near it, but not of it. Many were so placed by their features and character; others because they had given rise to an erroneous diagnosis. When these cases were collected and classified, their comparison and study revealed a large number of unfamiliar facts and many instructive lessons, throwing light on the nature of the affections, on their relation to epilepsy, and on questions of practical diagnosis. The most important of these facts and conclusions are given in the following pages. Although most of their substance has appeared, as lectures, in the 'Lancet' and 'British Medical Journal, ' the importance of the facts seemed to justify their collection in a more permanent form. For this purpose the following chapters have been largely re-written. An account of some sleep symptoms has been added, and to the description of each border-land malady a section on treatment has been appended. The unfamiliarity, to most persons, of many of the facts and conclusions made it desirable to describe the evidence on which they rest. This has been done as briefly as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.