EPILEPSY, HYSTERIA, AND NEURASTHENIA
THEIR CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, & TREATMENT
WEBMASTER'S NOTE: This work is presented for historical interest and subject background only. Many of the conclusions, attitudes, and treatments discussed here are those of an "expert" of another era, many of which have been overturned by science or are not acceptable in today's world.
[iii]BY
ISAAC G. BRIGGS
A.R.S.I.
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
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36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDONFirst Published in 1921
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TO
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ALBERT E. WOODRUFF
OF STOKE PRIOR
NR. BROMSGROVE
MY OLD
SCHOOLMASTER
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE ix I. MAJOR AND MINOR EPILEPSY 1 II. RARER TYPES OF EPILEPSY 7 III. GENERAL REMARKS 15 IV. CAUSES OF EPILEPSY 20 V. PREVENTION OF ATTACKS 25 VI. FIRST-AID TO VICTIMS 28 VII. NEURASTHENIA 30 VIII. HYSTERIA 39 IX. ADVICE TO NEUROPATHS 46 X. FIRST STEPS TOWARD HEALTH 53 XI. DIGESTION 56 XII. INDIGESTION 60 XIII. DIETING 63 XIV. CONSTIPATION 67 XV. GENERAL HYGIENE 71 XVI. SLEEPLESSNESS 76 XVII. THE EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION 79 XVIII. SUGGESTION TREATMENT 82 XIX. MEDICINES 86 XX. PATENT MEDICINES 90 XXI. TRAINING THE NERVOUS CHILD 98 XXII. DANGERS AT AND AFTER PUBERTY 109 XXIII. WORK AND PLAY 115 XXIV. HEREDITY 118 XXV. CHARACTER 123 XXVI. MARRIAGE 131 XXVII. SUMMARY 140 BIBLIOGRAPHY 142 INDEX 145
