epilepsy

Naturalism tells us that mystics had temporal lobe epilepsy.

Compulsive writing, or hypergraphia, is a well-known, if uncommon, symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy.

The connection between temporal lobe epilepsy and creativity is well known.

There are many written descriptions of physical disabilities, epilepsy, and mental illness from all eras.

In the 18th century, epilepsy marked a person as evil, full of sin, possessed by the devil.

This indicates that cases of epilepsy comparatively rarely come under observation after the age of forty.

No family history of epilepsy, insanity, nervous or other hereditary disorders in 59 per cent.

The clinical aspects of epilepsy are especially difficult to investigate with exactitude.

From these details it is evident that epilepsy is not of necessity associated with impairment of the physical or mental health.

Another variety of epilepsy is that which is characterized by the time at which the attacks occur.